From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EABF2A0032; Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:14:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAA9C4282B; Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:14:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AEED4069D for <dev@dpdk.org>; Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:14:56 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1657700096; x=1689236096; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=0VXDpMm0oztBLuuxtL6pGW5sdqOPKc1JKBOa7SY67E8=; b=SyGdQIiwTgQfHsuEBvnVb0wlyEdeo2boZZs6hrcLaXfe/rGElP8EM1Nz 3Tl/+TCHN/RcL/xqXJe6YAx5Z29AIsxyEtSV7v3FArdH302cKAMpq3W1p 3MEpkhiW/Jo9u7vVDnEQPOg8DbDcbFdYoOaVPQJ70ynb5ezM41JVyiVhv LAUtrGmysrqAq6RTCfDdl8uvRME9IPszscpBZUjvJ736lZkBuCoFtrjmj x7QKbWTBw/3YCDb/7UPR9SRpnwJXZTS1BwHKzw6xpM6t1XG4byVaIWvu9 VlQEooQK68RdoLq8AlI2ULvavamAu8GnT/u9uoMGnpM8gWYWr7WImvSM/ A==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6400,9594,10406"; a="310777474" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.92,267,1650956400"; d="scan'208";a="310777474" Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 13 Jul 2022 01:14:55 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.92,267,1650956400"; d="scan'208";a="772163131" Received: from ahirstiu-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com) ([10.252.4.253]) by orsmga005-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 13 Jul 2022 01:14:53 -0700 Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 09:14:49 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, chenbo.xia@intel.com, david.marchand@redhat.com, jerinj@marvell.com, ferruh.yigit@amd.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add deprecation notice for kni example Message-ID: <Ys5++UtjQgNLLjp7@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20220630165031.79183-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <2968096.U7Z2iKR65Z@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2968096.U7Z2iKR65Z@thomas> X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 04:17:31PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 30/06/2022 18:50, Bruce Richardson: > > +* examples/kni: The ``kni`` kernel module and library are not recommended for use by new applications - > > + other technologies such as virtio-user are recommended instead. > > + Because of this, the example application for kni is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. > > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> > > I think it would have been better to give a precise timeline. > I intentionally left it vague in case we decided to defer removal for a release or anything. However, feel free to replace "in a future" release with "in 22.11 release" on apply if you like. /Bruce