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

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Tue Feb 14 11:50:19 CET 2017


On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:28:39AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2017-02-14 09:58, Thomas Monjalon:
> > 2017-02-14 08:50, Mcnamara, John:
> > > The notification should probably be for removal in 17.08, to one release cycle to respond/fix/update.
> > 
> > There were some previous messages/warnings and there were no answer.
> > I have asked a working free toolchain, I did not have it.
> > We have asked some questions about drivers support, no reply.
> > I have asked about removal, no reply.
> > I really do not see why we should keep it longer.
> 
> Some public links:
> Recent warnings: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-February/056981.html
> Recent patch from Jerin without any comment: http://dpdk.org/commit/dff9071
> Bug in 16.04 without any comment: https://mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg31596.html
> Work stopped in March, last year: https://mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg43536.html
> No update for free toolchain: https://mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg42651.html
> 
> One year without any news is enough.
> Hope it convinces you.
> 
> > > It would also be good to hear from EZChip/Mellanox on this.
> > 
> > They are mute since a long time on this topic.
> > Olga, do you confirm?
> 

Regretfully, I must agree with Thomas on this. In the absense of a
response from someone to maintain this, it should be removed.

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>



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