From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DE58DE0 for ; Fri, 25 May 2018 15:38:53 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga006.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.20]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 25 May 2018 06:38:53 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.49,440,1520924400"; d="scan'208";a="231780718" Received: from irvmail001.ir.intel.com ([163.33.26.43]) by fmsmga006.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 25 May 2018 06:38:51 -0700 Received: from sivswdev01.ir.intel.com (sivswdev01.ir.intel.com [10.237.217.45]) by irvmail001.ir.intel.com (8.14.3/8.13.6/MailSET/Hub) with ESMTP id w4PDclbG006901; Fri, 25 May 2018 14:38:47 +0100 Received: from sivswdev01.ir.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sivswdev01.ir.intel.com with ESMTP id w4PDclSG014279; Fri, 25 May 2018 14:38:47 +0100 Received: (from aburakov@localhost) by sivswdev01.ir.intel.com with LOCAL id w4PDchZ5013991; Fri, 25 May 2018 14:38:43 +0100 From: Anatoly Burakov To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Neil Horman , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic , thomas@monjalon.net, bruce.richardson@intel.com, harry.van.haaren@intel.com Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 14:38:43 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0.7 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation notice for EAL runtime path changes 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: Fri, 25 May 2018 13:38:55 -0000 Most of this work was already done, but runtime config path is considered to be part of public API because of high likelihood of it being used by various tools in the DPDK ecosystem, and thus requires a deprecation notice. Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 1e2443c..36d2e23 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* eal: DPDK runtime configuration file (located at + ``/var/run/._config``) will be moved. The new path will be as follows: + - if DPDK is running as root, path will be set to + ``/var/run/dpdk//config`` + - if DPDK is not running as root and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is set, path will be set + to ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dpdk//config`` + - if DPDK is not running as root and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, path will be + set to ``/tmp/dpdk//config`` + * eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.05. New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the -- 2.7.4