[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 10:53 AM
> To: Zhigang Lu <zlu at ezchip.com>; Liming Sun <lsun at ezchip.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
> ---
>  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.

It would also be good to hear from EZChip/Mellanox on this.

John