Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] ethdev: remove deprecated attach/detach functions

[Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>]

On 10/8/18 1:25 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> The hotplug attach/detach features are implemented in EAL layer.
> There is a new ethdev iterator to retrieve ports from ethdev layer.
>
> As announced earlier, the (buggy) ethdev functions are now removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>

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> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst
> index 097575ad7..063c8b6c4 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst
> @@ -615,19 +615,14 @@ The following are some guidelines for use of Doxygen in the DPDK API documentati
>     .. code-block:: c
>   
>        /**
> -      * Attach a new Ethernet device specified by arguments.
> -      *
> -      * @param devargs
> -      *  A pointer to a strings array describing the new device
> -      *  to be attached. The strings should be a pci address like
> -      *  `0000:01:00.0` or **virtual** device name like `net_pcap0`.
> -      * @param port_id
> -      *  A pointer to a port identifier actually attached.
> +      * Try to take the lock.
>         *
> +      * @param sl
> +      *   A pointer to the spinlock.
>         * @return
> -      *  0 on success and port_id is filled, negative on error.
> +      *   1 if the lock is successfully taken; 0 otherwise.
>         */
> -     int rte_eth_dev_attach(const char *devargs, uint8_t *port_id);
> +     int rte_spinlock_trylock (rte_spinlock_t *sl);
>   
>   * Doxygen supports Markdown style syntax such as bold, italics, fixed width text and lists.
>     For example the second line in the ``devargs`` parameter in the previous example will be rendered as:

I think it would be better if the hunk goes separately.
It is really confusing in the changeset.