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 1599D6071A03 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2026 20:15:25 +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=l5f+ACRG Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FA3840DCD; Wed, 4 Nov 2026 21:15:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [198.175.65.19]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FA5140285 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2026 21:15:12 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1793823313; x=1825359313; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=CcFeTdNNPkdLKUdVYp7M1E6JQNIybQ7Bm1tLAWRXM14=; b=l5f+ACRG1IXvRgio1XcQfaHCF395L/nA4Ojlzdy4GBt2rvYgH2PYsJRX /2EBXL38saieYEIFOgAhqP3UArfY2fVfN33mctde0oMOtzNzUP8RmNJ1x nqXJAq/fSqY6FmvK2UolmArokpZ6nMO/BbPWvC1dbwRQ+nCqktDWDk99p ZoByi1OUQviP3BpDVqaW01xNpD7jfVHcNVawNJwfsgMO8mCdQG1Nhafyo lceHb68g7MNtNkHJpoqjsGpcPIG4sO/rB9dd0m/wsDUW/v08QNSi8FLoj 1mJjy8LsnkFAIRr2lfaZS0qTTM0NGs0ycFU9N58Hl5EFwNaK1o+JJaqGU g==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: jUXqmZjUSH+mCxIXBecZ6g== X-CSE-MsgGUID: rAKNSv+nSvG221+tt1EdOg== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11956"; a="2627685" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.27,195,1787036400"; d="scan'208";a="2627685" 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 12:15:11 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: 0eCrLyNnQeexLGpNebHnaA== X-CSE-MsgGUID: HdmG3yluT/uEC8mTc7QkrA== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.27,195,1787036400"; d="scan'208";a="7130656" 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 , =?UTF-8?q?Morten=20Br=C3=B8rup?= Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] build: deprecate kernel dir option Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 20:15:04 +0000 Message-ID: <20261104201506.4091374-2-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20261104201506.4091374-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> References: <20260602090847.905721-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <20261104201506.4091374-1-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=-18.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,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 The kernel_dir option does nothing, so it can be deprecated and removed in future. Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson Acked-by: Morten Brørup --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ meson_options.txt | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 02b495f6a8..1fbe03cc04 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Other API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted below. Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* build: The following meson build options are deprecated and will be removed in a future release: + + - ``kernel_dir``: option unused as Linux kernel drivers are in a separate ``dpdk-kmods`` repository. + * kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case. diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt index e28d24054c..7bd5ebc084 100644 --- a/meson_options.txt +++ b/meson_options.txt @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ option('ibverbs_link', type: 'combo', choices : ['static', 'shared', 'dlopen'], option('include_subdir_arch', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'subdirectory where to install arch-dependent headers') option('kernel_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: - 'Path to the kernel for building kernel modules. Headers must be in $kernel_dir or $kernel_dir/build. Modules will be installed in /lib/modules.') + '[Deprecated] Value unused. Previously, path to the kernel for building kernel modules.') option('machine', type: 'string', value: 'auto', description: 'Alias of cpu_instruction_set.') option('max_ethports', type: 'integer', value: 32, description: -- 2.55.0