[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add deprecation notice on EAL mem config

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 09-May-19 7:51 PM, Erik Gabriel Carrillo wrote:
> It is planned to make the rte_mem_config struct of the EAL private to
> remove it from the visible ABI.  Add a notice to announce the intention.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Erik Gabriel Carrillo <erik.g.carrillo at intel.com>
> ---
> changes in v2:
>   - Original deprecation notice announced a change to the rte_mem_config
>     struct that would break ABI.  Update the notice to instead announce
>     the struct will be made private.  (Stephen, Anatoly, David)
> 
>   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 b47c8c2..a7dff6b 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
>   
>       + ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
>   
> +* eal: the ``rte_mem_config`` struct will be made private to remove it from the
> +  externally visible ABI and allow it to be updated in the future.
> +
>   * vfio: removal of ``rte_vfio_dma_map`` and ``rte_vfio_dma_unmap`` APIs which
>     have been replaced with ``rte_dev_dma_map`` and ``rte_dev_dma_unmap``
>     functions.  The due date for the removal targets DPDK 20.02.
> 

Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>

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Thanks,
Anatoly