From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2126EE7DF00 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 16:32:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F4444027D; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 17:32:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from fhigh-a4-smtp.messagingengine.com (fhigh-a4-smtp.messagingengine.com [103.168.172.155]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE6B84026D for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 17:31:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from phl-compute-04.internal (phl-compute-04.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailfhigh.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46C3D14000B3; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 11:31:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from phl-frontend-04 ([10.202.2.163]) by phl-compute-04.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:31:58 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t=1770049918; x=1770136318; bh=85V4C7vIuJWqiH52j2ryAzt9j8aYOGPAlu+UqVEabEI=; b= EXT5DgLRejLVMndHob+ruKQf5p1Jg2zcS8trxtZ0B0m3RYwMD2P9blxxrIWQCxi/ Hfo/N0zO1dAlSFJrR8Mfc/U5WxwFS/b613Z5yEAdCdSZvTr4SmlX+D3l6klQM56h DAKUuhQB3SYEq9utP7GLryZdsJrP8tjyc4pk1pUXAzDTpGYYz/dHPHVS/9u2Z/7I Ai4Q0Dj7DecvMGA+USWbvRMkzNbLHmpnnLY2g5vmeX/affElk5cB19QFJoBG8NnT KtVE9KmEDr//z5YO9VdXvcdhtohWsnFHF/XnAjTv9313l6HD9zkNw+2WrKX3enqk Oznl8B1elARCWYSYiIA4Xw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t=1770049918; x= 1770136318; bh=85V4C7vIuJWqiH52j2ryAzt9j8aYOGPAlu+UqVEabEI=; b=H O80lokbFjL/GKJzlxnTvdDobZv3W5dYbMqS1nSTgKEtpQ2k2RoCyxW7tfZzqSTYC mXmIlKtBNMxWqwUqt/4eSKrAWaNsZpwYchgph/3utonM8H80NE8iQvApdyx3RWEx +ib7UqSjolkPAoxwE31UskwcwbuQ9fTAtoYCLlnF1cQ1hGCPVYK3B28K/626JVSf tfNQ6xGjbWqSkuh2xvUblNVO1DRbnDT0wxTb1DYFaXgZcUltlIi+S2YVgT5bRzva 8D3lNahTwvBH56kHsho9siC1MDeQ2fXJZV3eT6VBtzbX9CKBIm2DW6I/3sN9uplk fznJ/z2aB2+MgnJPwzt8Q== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeefgedrtddtgddujeekudefucetufdoteggodetrf dotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgenuceu rghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujf gurhephffvvefufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtjeenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpeejudevheeiveduuddtveffgfdtgeekueevjeffjeegtdeggeekgfdv uefgfeekjeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhroh hmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopeekpdhm ohguvgepshhmthhpohhuthdprhgtphhtthhopehivhgrnhdrmhgrlhhovhesrghrkhhnvg htfihorhhkshdrrghmpdhrtghpthhtoheprghnughrvgifrdhrhigstghhvghnkhhoseho khhtvghtlhgrsghsrdhruhdprhgtphhtthhopegrnhguhidrmhhorhgvthhonhesrghmug drtghomhdprhgtphhtthhopehpihgvthgvrhdrjhgrnhhsvghnqdhvrghnqdhvuhhurhgv nhesrghmugdrtghomhdprhgtphhtthhopehvihgrtghhvghslhgrvhdrghgrlhgrkhhtih honhhovhesrghrkhhnvghtfihorhhkshdrrghmpdhrtghpthhtohepuggvvhesughpughk rdhorhhgpdhrtghpthhtohepshhtvghphhgvnhesnhgvthifohhrkhhplhhumhgsvghrrd horhhgpdhrtghpthhtohepsghruhgtvgdrrhhitghhrghrughsohhnsehinhhtvghlrdgt ohhm X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 11:31:56 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Ivan Malov Cc: Andrew Rybchenko , Andy Moreton , Pieter Jansen Van Vuuren , Viacheslav Galaktionov , dev@dpdk.org, Stephen Hemminger , Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] doc: remove support for AMD Solarflare SFN7xxx family boards Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:31:54 +0100 Message-ID: <3922762.e9J7NaK4W3@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20251229213527.37907-1-ivan.malov@arknetworks.am> <5939885.GXAFRqVoOG@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 02/02/2026 15:05, Ivan Malov: > Hi Thomas, > > Apologies for being late with response. No worries. > On Mon, 2 Feb 2026, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 01/02/2026 21:17, Thomas Monjalon: > >> 29/12/2025 22:35, Ivan Malov: > >>> +* **Removed support for AMD Solarflare SFN7xxx family boards.** > >>> + > >>> + 7000 series adaptors are out of support in terms of hardware. > >> > >> Just to be clear, it is only a doc change? > >> The code still works for this hardware? > > > > Please, may I have an answer? > > I cannot merge into main that you remove something if it's only in doc. > > It is blocking, I want a clearer message to merge please. > > The code is still functional. However, the situation is a bit more nuanced. > In fact, the fix contained in the series is supposed to make the driver > work properly on late Medford2 adapters, but for early devices, like > SFN7xxx, this fix might cause issues with flow control. Hence the > doc message. I think it serves some valid informative purpose. > > Thank you. OK, thank you. So instead of "Removed support", I would change to "Ended support". Or do you prefer "Discontinued support"?