From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: announce rte_devargs changes in 17.11 Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 01:18:28 +0200 Message-ID: <2478236.nqvkQR7p5U@xps> References: <1501853399-17487-1-git-send-email-gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org To: Gaetan Rivet Return-path: Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C9A414E8 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2017 01:18:30 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <1501853399-17487-1-git-send-email-gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 04/08/2017 15:29, Gaetan Rivet: > Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet > --- > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +* 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`` Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon This kind of change has already been suggested by Jan Blunck: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/070729.html http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/071054.html It is very important to continue progressing on device syntax and bus rework during 17.11. Applied