From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:58:57 +0100 Message-ID: <1588932.Whvs7BuFal@xps13> References: <1486983152-22677-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: Zhigang Lu , Liming Sun , dev@dpdk.org, olgas@mellanox.com To: "Mcnamara, John" Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f181.google.com (mail-wr0-f181.google.com [209.85.128.181]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B550C3B5 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:58:58 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wr0-f181.google.com with SMTP id k90so164755113wrc.3 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:58:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 2017-02-14 08:50, Mcnamara, John: > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon > > --- > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++ > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > index b49e0a0..d40b137 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > @@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ Deprecation Notices > > PMDs that implement the latter. > > Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most > > PMDs have switched to rte_flow. > > + > > +* The architecture TILE-Gx and the associated mpipe driver are not > > + maintained and will be removed in 17.05. > > The notification should probably be for removal in 17.08, to one release cycle to respond/fix/update. There were some previous messages/warnings and there were no answer. I have asked a working free toolchain, I did not have it. We have asked some questions about drivers support, no reply. I have asked about removal, no reply. I really do not see why we should keep it longer. > It would also be good to hear from EZChip/Mellanox on this. They are mute since a long time on this topic. Olga, do you confirm?