[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecate KNI ethtool support

[Igor Ryzhov]

Acked-by: Igor Ryzhov <iryzhov at nfware.com>

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 3:30 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote:

> Remove KNI ethtool support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> ---
> RFC Patch: https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/49025/
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 1b4fcb7e6..0491eeea1 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -75,3 +75,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
>
>  * crypto/aesni_mb: the minimum supported intel-ipsec-mb library version
> will be
>    changed from 0.49.0 to 0.52.0.
> +
> +* kni: remove KNI ethtool support. To clarify, this is not to remove the
> KNI,
> +  but only to remove ethtool support of it that is disabled by default and
> +  can be enabled via ``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL`` config option.
> +  Existing KNI ethtool implementation is only supported by ``igb`` &
> ``ixgbe``
> +  drivers, by using a copy of kernel drivers in DPDK. This model can't be
> extend
> +  to all drivers in DPDK and it is too much effort to maintain kernel
> modules in DPDK.
> +  As a result users won't be able to use ``ethtool`` via ``igb`` &
> ``ixgbe`` anymore.
> --
> 2.20.1
>
>