From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7211A60B9095 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2026 20:15:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=Intel header.b=KKSjZNZ6 Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 840444060F; Wed, 4 Nov 2026 21:15:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [198.175.65.19]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C746A40285 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2026 21:15:11 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1793823312; x=1825359312; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=a7uuDDqUVpyIHdU9/a1d0eFaC3vRlRnfWlaFp4H3aDA=; b=KKSjZNZ6Vf12n7dBLrw9bUfceCeWcaXiaoCnMXt3yKyeMToyDyl4eaP8 AQfxymGfrF+dbJLnQJga0pmcsdBa0o3lefWN8FvIbhe7QfXw+q4jQEUoR +17cd5yEGGCRkRQh0ky9C4CzeRBDxSN1MjO0kmqdsZ6LS6JfmVHY4ch/T 6es0sxF3fAJDl8slpTHuPLufr4vK3OA3zFCggwL5JkoEefEiB41UxT0WN QQewY9XeETjtmUaEg0HxO62HnXQJh3pdN0oCgw0iqUxiEnED2M8SLFBii J8GjFGVWtLjRhH7dGBd23SFKRacBSfehE5ag1PSnJdUwKKxlKzdKp08hV A==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: /SabhxuyQUKFfGot8tTrqQ== X-CSE-MsgGUID: nztBpakeT0qcoBc2Yoj4Kg== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11956"; a="2627683" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.27,195,1787036400"; d="scan'208";a="2627683" Received: from fmviesa008.fm.intel.com ([10.60.135.148]) by orvoesa111.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 04 Nov 2026 12:15:10 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: u1YYadMRTKiAIzBUbyqEJQ== X-CSE-MsgGUID: oB9tV2nxQa+sZRjlrqIC4Q== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.27,195,1787036400"; d="scan'208";a="7130647" Received: from silpixa00401385.ir.intel.com ([10.20.227.220]) by fmviesa008.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 04 Nov 2026 12:15:09 -0800 From: Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Bruce Richardson Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] deprecate unneeded build options/support Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 20:15:03 +0000 Message-ID: <20261104201506.4091374-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260602090847.905721-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> References: <20260602090847.905721-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Archived-By: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 Having unnecessary build options just makes things confusing for the user, and expands the set of potential builds. This set deprecates 3 build options, including deprecating all HPET support, and marks them for future removal. --- v2: rather than always building HPET to remove the option, deprecate all HPET support, which will also allow option removal in future. Bruce Richardson (3): build: deprecate kernel dir option build: deprecate standalone tests option build: deprecate HPET support app/meson.build | 6 +----- doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst | 32 ---------------------------- doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 3 --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 11 ++++++++++ meson_options.txt | 6 +++--- 5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-) -- 2.55.0