From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anatoly Burakov Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: add deprecation notice for memory hotplug changes Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:32:28 +0000 Message-ID: <32a6f11b2e6bc88c90ef39cb0494b8c3335a94d7.1516270352.git.anatoly.burakov@intel.com> References: Cc: Neil Horman , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4694171B5 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:32:30 +0100 (CET) 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" Due to coming changes outlined in memory hotplug RFC, there will be several API/ABI changes. Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov --- Notes: Patch outlining future changes: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/32467/ v2: added rte_mem_config and rte_memzone changes to the announcement doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 13e8543..93cbeea 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* eal: due to internal data layoyut reorganization, there will be changes to + several structures and functions as a result of coming changes to support + memory hotplug in v18.05. + ``rte_eal_get_physmem_layout`` will be deprecated and removed in subsequent + releases. + ``rte_mem_config`` contents will change due to switch to memseg lists. + ``rte_memzone`` member ``memseg_id`` will no longer serve any useful purpose + and will be removed. + * eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v18.02. 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`` -- 2.7.4