From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gaetan Rivet Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce rte_devargs changes in 17.11 Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 15:29:59 +0200 Message-ID: <1501853399-17487-1-git-send-email-gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> Cc: Gaetan Rivet To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f48.google.com (mail-wm0-f48.google.com [74.125.82.48]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 009002C55 for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2017 15:30:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f48.google.com with SMTP id t201so20039114wmt.0 for ; Fri, 04 Aug 2017 06:30:12 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 7024c81..9e063f1 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -57,3 +57,15 @@ Deprecation Notices be removed in 17.11: - ``rte_cryptodev_create_vdev`` + +* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v17.11. + The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need + to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype`` + was used to identify a bus and will disappear. + The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change. + The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private. + The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be + modified or removed in 17.11: + + - ``rte_eal_devargs_add`` + - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count`` -- 2.1.4