[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation notice to remove net/bnx2x driver

[Alok Prasad]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jerinj at marvell.com <jerinj at marvell.com>
> Sent: 17 March 2023 18:00
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: thomas at monjalon.net; david.marchand at redhat.com; ferruh.yigit at amd.com; andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru; Alok Prasad
> <palok at marvell.com>; Devendra Singh Rawat <dsinghrawat at marvell.com>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj at marvell.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation notice to remove net/bnx2x driver
> 
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> 
> Starting from DPDK 23.07, the Marvell QLogic bnx2x driver
> will be removed. This decision has been made to alleviate the burden of
> maintaining a discontinued product.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 872847e938..d3d8d0011c 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -135,3 +135,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    Its removal has been postponed to let potential users report interest
>    in maintaining it.
>    In the absence of such interest, this library will be removed in DPDK 23.11.
> +
> +* net/bnx2x: Starting from DPDK 23.07, the Marvell QLogic bnx2x driver will be removed.
> +  This decision has been made to alleviate the burden of maintaining a discontinued product.
> --
> 2.40.0

Thanks Jerin!

Acked-by: Alok Prasad <palok at marvell.com>