From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EDB3A0C43; Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:36:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B04141D6C; Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:36:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8DB6141D58 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:36:17 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: 9PysnNNn+3fvf9ssSxbpeHgGJKH7xoH8GB7bJ03rvo1gkZ15OB871JlXY7QL3Md6FFvs/ewawM Ntv7/4WpFf7Q== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6200,9189,9955"; a="195066606" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.82,226,1613462400"; d="scan'208";a="195066606" Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 16 Apr 2021 06:36:16 -0700 IronPort-SDR: rQsfnXefDPd/aRC6rv4/OglKw4KGwaU37sAYjnKslQDenmz+8QPUu/eTPGXoHL5TJNxkmCQAnm 0L+HjF9F90bQ== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.82,226,1613462400"; d="scan'208";a="453342794" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.213.207.150]) ([10.213.207.150]) by fmsmga002-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 16 Apr 2021 06:36:13 -0700 To: "Zhang, Qi Z" , "Zhang, RobinX" Cc: "Xing, Beilei" , "Guo, Jia" , "Wang, Haiyue" , "mdr@ashroe.eu" , "nhorman@tuxdriver.com" , "Wu, Jingjing" , "Yang, Qiming" , "Yang, SteveX" , "dev@dpdk.org" , Bruce Richardson , Konstantin Ananyev References: <20210302061323.165998-1-robinx.zhang@intel.com> <20210416015741.4150483-1-robinx.zhang@intel.com> <8099030be592408e8ba1b826ba6d46f0@intel.com> From: Ferruh Yigit X-User: ferruhy Message-ID: <6357c272-ec01-2ba1-1b85-ede2b55783cb@intel.com> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:36:09 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8099030be592408e8ba1b826ba6d46f0@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6] net/iavf: deprecate i40evf pmd X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 4/16/2021 11:15 AM, Zhang, Qi Z wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dev On Behalf Of Robin Zhang >> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 9:58 AM >> To: dev@dpdk.org >> Cc: Xing, Beilei ; Guo, Jia ; Wang, >> Haiyue ; mdr@ashroe.eu; nhorman@tuxdriver.com; >> Wu, Jingjing ; Yang, Qiming >> ; Yang, SteveX ; Zhang, >> RobinX >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6] net/iavf: deprecate i40evf pmd >> >> The i40evf PMD will be deprecated, iavf will be the only VF driver for Intel 700 >> serial (i40e) NIC family. To reach this, there will be 2 steps: >> >> Step 1: iavf will be the default VF driver, while i40evf still can be selected by >> devarg: "driver=i40evf". >> This is covered by this patch, which include: >> 1) add all 700 serial NIC VF device ID into iavf PMD >> 2) skip probe if devargs contain "driver=i40evf" in iavf >> 3) continue probe if devargs contain "driver=i40evf" in i40evf >> >> Step 2: i40evf and related devarg are removed, this will happen at DPDK >> 21.11 >> >> Between step 1 and step 2, no new feature will be added into i40evf except >> bug fix. >> >> Signed-off-by: Robin Zhang > > Acked-by: Qi Zhang > Hi Qi, Robin, Lgtm, hence: Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit But we need 3 acks for a deprecation notice to merge it.