Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of old port count function

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

04/06/2019 09:12, David Marchand:
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 11:48 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >
> >      + ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
> >
> > +* ethdev: The function ``rte_eth_dev_count`` will be removed in DPDK
> > 20.02.
> > +  It is replaced by the function ``rte_eth_dev_count_avail``.
> > +  If the intent is to iterate over ports, ``RTE_ETH_FOREACH_*`` macros
> > +  are better port iterators.
> > +
> >  * vfio: removal of ``rte_vfio_dma_map`` and ``rte_vfio_dma_unmap`` APIs
> > which
> >    have been replaced with ``rte_dev_dma_map`` and ``rte_dev_dma_unmap``
> >    functions.  The due date for the removal targets DPDK 20.02.
> 
> Out of curiosity (ok, not entirely, since I need to write some notices).
> Is there a rule for the order in which those entries are written?

Yes the order should be the same as for the features in the release notes.

> I can see a notice about ethdev later in the file.

Indeed, ethdev is supposed to be after EAL,
it is my mistake.

> Acked-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>