[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver
Xia, Chenbo
chenbo.xia at intel.com
Fri Jul 23 09:39:36 CEST 2021
Hi,
A gentle ping for comments..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chenbo Xia
> Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 4:42 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org; thomas at monjalon.net
> Cc: mdr at ashroe.eu; nhorman at tuxdriver.com
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver
>
> All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
> will be removed and the header will be made internal.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia at intel.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
> * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-
> specific
> content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
> original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
> +
> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver, "rte_bus_pci.h"
> + will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions defined
> + in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is
> inspired
> + by the RFC https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
I see there's some ABI improvement work on-going and I think it could be part of
the work. If it makes sense to you, I'd like some ACKs.
Thanks,
Chenbo
> --
> 2.17.1
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