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 87B9CA04EF; Mon, 25 May 2020 07:37:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F1B11D65E; Mon, 25 May 2020 07:37:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-io1-f67.google.com (mail-io1-f67.google.com [209.85.166.67]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D845C1D61A for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 07:37:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-io1-f67.google.com with SMTP id f3so17587845ioj.1 for ; Sun, 24 May 2020 22:37:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Lf0khCY3twNz5i5jU6HJUcSYmTJW7eP6V948RhKiu5Y=; b=ik1BCiZ6wbv/laIw7Jj4fbG6eimgsMDrmbS1chqzZk+oST955HZNkjOVSoNr2TP3+L hDMQ8+JNmL9+uJGWpuHA0jkN2GaKsE2VeN3anG8guq4seJ1m1mZbkwrYe5doYGgx+rw3 EZm7vTW2g5TxOyhrjpATMqvmp1HpJzAI+CvAByGi+TVAuVpK77WP1IsYnBV4Q6f7em2u IpQeKLX/wiUR688fOUUMi1ofW/QmBc4rTWEWqOHUZkDcaGUw+UJa6fnOS5/epQwd4/nZ 5rCmRFrXTJ33Rbs+3sgfh9W8nc11h6vV7qwfyXPZW8n2hNClpXnR6TOFDXKOnVaZdmuO 2zEA== 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=Lf0khCY3twNz5i5jU6HJUcSYmTJW7eP6V948RhKiu5Y=; b=H0r4XbSnKEOfxkXJtiYLM/Cfc6QgR7bscRArFeLErQLl/3Zx1TU6jaJG52TNJ11amI ezyxO1CXOioeDc0beF6XuGpccbpardckKjbSxKDTCk9SP2VI4xHqrHAAFtDM82udYqu9 zOfCzLlD5Bpv4cIHcgQf3vUpn0FyCS+GdK7g/dgpBiFtAJZ0MSDibdar+7BT0dmvz+kO e+mZ1Yu5jW5niFGH/LpF/W+Et2xSC6iwuYfKJ+/zfoQVqKVVB+PEaycYf7d/E3zt2rFT qFync12ymeW8Hn4ULXdylU+wfUfVQOSZnRYFrNUrmThOhGayG83xJEEhm/zr5jNH5H1p BcEQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533kaLU4oYIYaAugl6ALbAajmlCbbc8a1eYP+Ne6BrWMonK3UrJm XMiTOCEmVxvlKQSkmPN9keeewp5hfqIvAfGJrIo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyNFe7D7FBxVbtZXR2Mi18Z1FiGXAn84k0AkImXYmd01I8aU24uErB6hOFiCTTwAzAW+3vSwGINFI3f+Ux3R/Y= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:f40b:: with SMTP id i11mr12045363iog.59.1590385061977; Sun, 24 May 2020 22:37:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200523140750.3967959-1-jerinj@marvell.com> <1673507.n9d9JF5DbN@thomas> In-Reply-To: <1673507.n9d9JF5DbN@thomas> From: Jerin Jacob Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 11:07:26 +0530 Message-ID: To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: Jerin Jacob , dpdk-dev , Ray Kinsella , Neil Horman , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic , Maxime Coquelin , David Marchand Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce the deprecation of legacy virtio support 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" On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 5:14 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 23/05/2020 16:07, jerinj@marvell.com: > > From: Jerin Jacob > > > > The legacy virtio is not architecture agnostics. > > It relies on x86 IO port scheme support for its working. > > The legacy virtio is only the consumer of RTE_KDRV_NONE in the DPDK > > PCI subsystem. Legacy virtio deprecation will also optimize DPDK PCI > > enumeration management as it does not need to probe RTE_KDRV_NONE based > > devices anymore. > > > > Deprecation is planned for v20.08 release. > > > > More details at http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/69351/ > > > > Cc: maxime.coquelin@redhat.com > > Cc: david.marchand@redhat.com > > Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob > > --- > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +* virtio: The legacy virtio is not architecture agnostics. > > + It relies on x86 IO port scheme support for its working. > > + The legacy virtio is only the consumer of RTE_KDRV_NONE in DPDK PCI subsystem. > > + Legacy virtio deprecation will also optimize DPDK PCI enumeration management as > > + it does not need to probe RTE_KDRV_NONE based devices anymore. > > + Deprecation is planned for v20.08 release. > > What means deprecation exactly? > When the feature is going to be removed? I will change the wording. I think, we can target the removal in 20.11 release. > > > + More details at http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/69351/ > > >