[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] [RFC] doc: announce removal of crypto list end enumerators

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Aug 6 18:09:40 CEST 2020


31/07/2020 11:38, Akhil Goyal:
> Hi David,
> 
> > Hi David,
> > 
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 4:47 PM Arek Kusztal
> > > <arkadiuszx.kusztal at intel.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Enumerators RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_LIST_END,
> > RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_LIST_END,
> > > > RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_LIST_END will be removed to prevent some problems
> > > > that may arise when adding new algorithms.
> > >
> > > How does it cohabitate with Ferruh notice?
> > > Is it a complement? or redundant?
> > >
> > >
> > https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst?id=58245da070289f4b248f15
> > >
> > Thanks for drawing attention to this.
> > It's complementary as far as I can see.
> > Ferruh's doesn't list all enums - but doesn’t appear to cover these crypto ones.
> 
> I feel we can have this deprecation notice as well for crypto specific enums.
> Though I don’t want to push it if somebody has objections on this.
> I am OK if Ferruh's notice looks enough to cover crypto enums as well.
> 
> Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal at nxp.com>
> If no objections, Thomas or you can pick this directly on master.

I think Ferruh notice would be enough, except it focus on "MAX" values,
not including the similar ones with "END" in their names.

Anyway, too much notices don't hurt.

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