[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce kni_vhost removal
Ferruh Yigit
ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Thu Nov 17 14:27:21 CET 2016
Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 2 ++
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
index eb16e2e..4f25595 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ This provides flexibility in multiprocess scenarios
(where the KNI is created in the primary process but the callbacks are handled in the secondary one).
The constraint is that a single process can register and handle the requests.
+.. _kni_vhost_backend-label:
+
KNI Working as a Kernel vHost Backend
-------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 2d17bc6..956473a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -71,3 +71,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
* mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated
and will be removed in 17.02.
It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
+
+* kni: Remove :ref:`kni_vhost_backend-label` feature (KNI_VHOST) in 17.05 release.
+ :doc:`Vhost Library </prog_guide/vhost_lib>` is currently preferred method for
+ guest - host communication. Just for clarification, this is not to remove KNI
+ or VHOST feature, but KNI_VHOST which is a KNI feature enabled via a compile
+ time option, and disabled by default.
--
2.9.3
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