From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: announce API changes to implement the bus model Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:20:34 +0100 Message-ID: <1487002834-27996-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> References: <2321224.ZvC7RxeBXe@xps13> To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f174.google.com (mail-wr0-f174.google.com [209.85.128.174]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CC642C4B for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:20:47 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wr0-f174.google.com with SMTP id k90so153529547wrc.3 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:20:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from XPS13.localdomain (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.134.203.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r100sm14492449wrb.20.2017.02.13.08.20.45 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:20:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2321224.ZvC7RxeBXe@xps13> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" The new bus model has been proposed in 17.02 without being used. The big rework should happen in 17.05. Suggested-by: Shreyansh Jain Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f0b5329..8b66407 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ Deprecation Notices has exposed, like the way we have done with uio-pci-generic. This change targets release 17.05. -* ``eth_driver`` is planned to be removed in 17.02. This currently serves as +* The PCI and VDEV subsystems will be converted as drivers of the new bus model. + It will imply some EAL API changes in 17.05. + +* ``eth_driver`` is planned to be removed in 17.05. This currently serves as a placeholder for PMDs to register themselves. Changes for ``rte_bus`` will provide a way to handle device initialization currently being done in - ``eth_driver``. + ``eth_driver``. Similarly, ``rte_pci_driver`` is planned to be removed from + ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` in 17.05. * ethdev: an API change is planned for 17.02 for the function ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process``. In 17.02 the function will return an ``int`` -- 2.7.0