[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: deprecate DEFERRED device state
Andrew Rybchenko
arybchenko at solarflare.com
Mon Aug 27 17:00:00 CEST 2018
On 08/24/2018 05:51 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> Add a deprecation notice to remove RTE_ETH_DEV_DEFERRED state, but this
> is mostly a reminder because of a missing target.
> It doesn't worth to break the ABI because of this change and removal
> can be done when ethdev ABI version increased.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> ---
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Cc: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
> Cc: Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index e2dbee317..9cd12ccd8 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
>
> This is due to a lack of flexibility and reliance on a type unusable with
> C++ programs (struct rte_flow_desc).
> +
> +* ethdev: remove deprecated RTE_ETH_DEV_DEFERRED device state.
> + Since this is an enum filed in the middle, removing this field will break
> + the ABI, so removing postponed to next ethdev ABI version increase.
Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
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