[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 7/23/2021 8:39 AM, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> 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.
> 

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

I am for reducing the public ABI as much as possible. How big will the change
be? Is the 'rte_bus_pci.h' used other than './drivers/bus/pci/'?