[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation notice for sched changes

[Pattan, Reshma]

Hi,

More  details needs to be added to deprecation note which are not clear yet, so self NACK.

Thanks,
Reshma

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Reshma Pattan
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:28 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Singh, Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>; Dumitrescu, Cristian
> <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation notice for sched changes
> 
> From: Jasvinder Singh <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>
> 
> Add deprecation note for making changes in data structures, APIs and macros in
> order to increase the traffic classes, flexible mapping of pipe queues to traffic
> classes, subport level configuration of pipes, queues sizes, etc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jasvinder Singh <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>
> Cc: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index f9a1f8188..22a3ecb35 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter
>    for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case.
> 
> +* sched: The data structures specifying port, subport and pipe
> +parameters, stats,
> +  API functions to configure hierarchy, collecting stats, and computing
> +memory
> +  footprint will be changed to support more number of traffic classes
> +(TCs),
> +  flexible mapping of the pipe queues to traffic classes, subport level
> +  configration of the pipes, etc. In addition, the macros defined for
> +building
> +  the hierarchy will be reworked to support the flexibility.
> +
>  * eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.11.
>    New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of
>    device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the
> --
> 2.17.1