From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dispatch1-us1.ppe-hosted.com (dispatch1-us1.ppe-hosted.com [67.231.154.164]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DEBC4CB1 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:00:17 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Proofpoint Essentials engine Received: from webmail.solarflare.com (uk.solarflare.com [193.34.186.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1-us4.ppe-hosted.com (Proofpoint Essentials ESMTP Server) with ESMTPS id 12220B4006B; Mon, 27 Aug 2018 15:00:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.38.17] (91.220.146.112) by ukex01.SolarFlarecom.com (10.17.10.4) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1395.4; Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:00:08 +0100 To: Ferruh Yigit , Neil Horman , John McNamara , "Marko Kovacevic" CC: , Thomas Monjalon , Matan Azrad References: <20180824145123.62501-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> From: Andrew Rybchenko Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:00:00 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180824145123.62501-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Content-Language: en-US X-Originating-IP: [91.220.146.112] X-ClientProxiedBy: ocex03.SolarFlarecom.com (10.20.40.36) To ukex01.SolarFlarecom.com (10.17.10.4) X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-12.5.0.1300-8.5.1010-24056.003 X-TM-AS-Result: No-13.161600-8.000000-10 X-TMASE-MatchedRID: y/2oPz6gbvgOwH4pD14DsPHkpkyUphL9qe3iHMm4uqGMFOZQcZqoatAY WUo4HSIkIHjnztybxtVB9H09ae+TZMnUsvxvsR6SQpxiLlDD9FV6ABsdgB/A3eK/7/2Ue55h1Tg iJRIYgjtJDc3iroukFmG3DUUIXNicJ6MFLap/dvsVglQa/gMvfHkNGZn0cIRoiymnsTK6gafzTu 35URal5iBkhyrvdMSlklPOPDP4bOjHuFqMm/pFRcg6fo0rxLVrJd2n2XoSRFnnZVNiuSZvW4IAQ LFFublkzh9/JTWzqExcSNmWV/ZuF99faxl/I4mhngIgpj8eDcC063Wh9WVqgtQdB5NUNSsi1GcR AJRT6PPnVOIvHq8k9QM0Q3xCvgPCyDXdqNYM/jToOpVD5GRld44QxXv2D1buUMl2vR7YLP/8YZq MiZnYs3EUZTb1DUZtwMe6r5MOfd627sLD7xlJ2Q== X-TM-AS-User-Approved-Sender: Yes X-TM-AS-User-Blocked-Sender: No X-TMASE-Result: 10--13.161600-8.000000 X-TMASE-Version: SMEX-12.5.0.1300-8.5.1010-24056.003 X-MDID: 1535382016-EWJ5GogzevRw Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: deprecate DEFERRED device state 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 15:00:17 -0000 On 08/24/2018 05:51 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > Add a deprecation notice to remove RTE_ETH_DEV_DEFERRED state, but this > is mostly a reminder because of a missing target. > It doesn't worth to break the ABI because of this change and removal > can be done when ethdev ABI version increased. > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit > --- > Cc: Thomas Monjalon > Cc: Andrew Rybchenko > Cc: Matan Azrad > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index e2dbee317..9cd12ccd8 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ Deprecation Notices > > This is due to a lack of flexibility and reliance on a type unusable with > C++ programs (struct rte_flow_desc). > + > +* ethdev: remove deprecated RTE_ETH_DEV_DEFERRED device state. > + Since this is an enum filed in the middle, removing this field will break > + the ABI, so removing postponed to next ethdev ABI version increase. Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko