[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-users] Problem running dpdk-qat example in SR-IOV mode

[De Lara Guarch, Pablo]

Hi Thomas,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: users [mailto:users-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas
> Monjalon
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 1:11 PM
> To: Trahe, Fiona
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Pankaj Joshi; users at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] [dpdk-dev] Problem running dpdk-qat example in
> SR-IOV mode
> 
> 2017-02-20 11:53, Trahe, Fiona:
> > From: Pankaj Joshi
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > I am trying to run dpdk-qat example code in SR-IOV mode. Steps done
> by me
> > > so far are :
> >
> > The dpdk-qat example app is an earlier mechanism of wrapping a QAT
> driver into DPDK - it's not using the cryptodev API, and depends on both a
> kernel driver and user-space libs from a QAT package.
> > Unless you have a really good reason for using this (like you wanted to
> use the older Cave Creek device) I would recommend you use the cryptodev
> API.
> 
> Could we remove this obsolete example?

This is a good point. How can we proceed with this? As it is a sample application,
does it require a deprecation notice?

Thanks,
Pablo