[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: remove deprecated ethdev features

[Thomas Monjalon]

31/07/2019 11:45, David Marchand:
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 5:58 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> >
> > As legacy filter API "filter_ctrl" is superseded since 2017
> > by the rte_flow API, and got the deprecated attribute in DPDK 19.05,
> > it is time to remove the associated features from the matrix.
> > Not documenting deprecated features as supported will avoid confusion.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/nics/features.rst             | 78 ------------------------
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/bnxt.ini        |  3 -
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini     |  7 ---
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/enic.ini        |  1 -
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini        |  4 --
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vec.ini    |  4 --
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vf.ini     |  1 -
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vf_vec.ini |  1 -
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/igb.ini         |  4 --
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/ipn3ke.ini      |  4 --
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/ixgbe.ini       |  5 --
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/ixgbe_vec.ini   |  5 --
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini        |  1 -
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/qede.ini        |  3 -
> >  14 files changed, 121 deletions(-)
> 
> The drivers docs still list and/or describe those features.
> Is this intended ?
> 
> Example:
> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tree/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst#n505
> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tree/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst#n16
> etc...

Yes, we should find the same features with the legacy API
and rte_flow. I think each PMD can adjust their documentation
while finishing the migration to rte_flow API.