From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 327AAA04B1; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:57:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87DA8C8C6; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:57:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-ot1-f65.google.com (mail-ot1-f65.google.com [209.85.210.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 652EEC8C4 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:57:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-ot1-f65.google.com with SMTP id n12so12621055otk.0 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 06:57:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=broadcom.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=CySgLS2QmqSDQO5W+f80BmRR6gHvVIqEfks29L8/nYE=; b=NfJg2MMVYDDhBDQEA6S46lRGpYpDxcOW8ULn/EnDnmAcfoNU5olvjBXR448oMtkmL0 25/beQgLR3FfjAX8mAtCG+/23rhIJVJ2Do2TqOqGNHnTK8IFfzRktPdxzGM2fUMo7+sf 3da+hz8ghG1UQPhK60IpdGm5IbNLykHDVQ1qY= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=CySgLS2QmqSDQO5W+f80BmRR6gHvVIqEfks29L8/nYE=; b=qmqFCVPG36fvYR1P02N9TpYDZ8qKav2T1jwJKT1zyUj3eTzX8eYy/8JKiOf1NDteNg bHFcr0LYhiMR+qTtsKO4osBBif/W3MtFbp0XK00S618e5PP9DJA4bSsc7hF+uwHtJWSU p9Nc2DFEkkCpm6dI9vywzb+hjxQAFQ5pURc7SaS+QIYhJBxkSl87rqfoZeQNWgqYNy4q mVHHrHKPfJxbUxDk9QIqsSeG1j/V/y1JYFQwlGiLXZisId5xrhiBQml/JVlzjM+fml8B pe3563lvlcbuZQSBsc/7ZZsONwD6C0ig1tYezBIQFaQKamZyhmPu2a7I7jNuMTI1GNmk IXSg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530wbLlHzgQAdJLGBgS/wKvKxgxZ9VIzcOhXP9y/4IQseqYpR1H+ xvHoZY7zGK+Q+G+KhIkFMOwBHNbipBgA8EILAdwtnw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwd/G46wF4rgKdFSIJ5EKeF3Ac2hkDZ/ZWShkfWDqlbHKNiZinTQQQz/3U43r3/sk3EactbDrpV2hmAyuVSUfc= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:204b:: with SMTP id f11mr25237573otp.154.1606143432462; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 06:57:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20201026214604.35570-1-ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com> <2554161.uxYnmSoOKH@thomas> In-Reply-To: <2554161.uxYnmSoOKH@thomas> From: Ajit Khaparde Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 06:56:56 -0800 Message-ID: To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: dpdk-dev , Bruce Richardson , Ferruh Yigit , Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran , Hemant Agrawal , David Marchand , Honnappa Nagarahalli , Kevin Traynor Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce end of support for some Broadcom devices X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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" Archived-At: List-Archive: On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 12:15 PM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 20/11/2020 18:30, Ajit Khaparde: > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 12:59 PM Ajit Khaparde > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 11:22 AM Kevin Traynor wrote: > > >> > > >> On 03/11/2020 17:26, Ajit Khaparde wrote: > > >> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 2:50 AM Kevin Traynor wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >> Hi Ajit, > > >> >> > > >> >> On 26/10/2020 21:46, Ajit Khaparde wrote: > > >> >>> Devices belonging to BCM573xx and BCM5740x family will not be supported > > >> >>> from the 21.02 release. > > >> >>> > > >> >>> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde > > >> >>> --- > > >> >>> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > > >> >>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > >> >>> > > >> >>> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > >> >>> index 2e082499b8..f1fce4210d 100644 > > >> >>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > >> >>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > >> >>> @@ -166,3 +166,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > > >> >>> ``make``. Given environments are too much variables for such a simple script, > > >> >>> it will be removed in DPDK 20.11. > > >> >>> Some useful parts may be converted into specific scripts. > > >> >>> + > > >> >>> +* Broadcom bnxt PMD: NetXtreme devices belonging to the ``BCM573xx and > > >> >>> + BCM5740x`` families will no longer be supported as of DPDK 21.02. > > >> >>> + Specifically the support for the following Broadcom PCI ids will be removed > > >> >>> + from the release: ``0x16c8, 0x16c9, 0x16ca, 0x16ce, 0x16cf, 0x16df,`` > > >> >>> + ``0x16d0, 0x16d1, 0x16d2, 0x16d4, 0x16d5, 0x16e7, 0x16e8, 0x16e9``. > > >> >>> > > >> >> > > >> >> It might be worth adding to the bnxt.rst section about these NICs, as > > >> >> there is no hint that they are deprecated for a user reading that. > > >> > Thanks Kevin. > > >> > I will add that when the support is really removed. > > >> > > > >> > Since the deprecation is not really planned for 20.11 I think it is not really > > >> > needed for now? > > >> > > > >> > > >> Ok, it's the correct section for it, so I won't argue. > > >> > > >> >> > > >> >> Where I'm not clear is about 20.11. It will be an LTS, will they be > > >> >> supported for the lifetime of 20.11 on the 20.11 branch? > > >> > 20.11 will have the support. The deprecation is planned for 21.02. > > >> > > > >> > > >> Right, I'm just concerned about it getting broken in say 20.11.2 because > > >> of backports to the driver. Once it's in 20.11, it should continue to > > >> work in 20.11.x releases which will be for 2 years. > > > > > > Yes. Thanks. We will keep the lights on for the LTS releases. > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> Anyway, that is a side issue to this patch for deprecation, so, > > >> > > >> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor > > > > Thomas, Can you please pick this? Thanks > > Usually we wait for 3 acks for deprecation. > It has been discussed in the techboard, so I prefer getting some acks > reflecting the discussion, please. Ok. Thanks. All, It will be good to get the Acks before the 20.11 release. > >