[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ethdev port freeing on close operation

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Aug 6 02:18:56 CEST 2020


05/08/2020 12:33, Andrew Rybchenko:
> On 8/4/20 8:34 PM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 2:29 AM Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 2:50 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Since DPDK 18.11, some drivers are migrating to a new behaviour,
> >>>> releasing port resources on close.
> >>>> The temporary flag RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE triggers this new mode
> >>> in
> >>>> the migrated drivers.
> >>>> After 2 years, the flag and the old behaviour will be removed.
> >>>> Last drivers not migrated will have to complete the switch.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> >> Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> > Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>

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