[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 1/6] doc: announce deprecation of master lcore

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:49:28 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:

> 30/07/2020 02:57, Stephen Hemminger:
> > Announce upcoming changes related to master/slave in reference
> > to lcore.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index 99c98062ffc2..7c60779f3e68 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -148,3 +148,20 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >    Python 2 support will be completely removed in 20.11.
> >    In 20.08, explicit deprecation warnings will be displayed when running
> >    scripts with Python 2.
> > +
> > +* eal: To be more inclusive in choice of naming, the DPDK project
> > +  will replace uses of master/slave in  the API's and command line arguments.  
> 
> nit: double space
> > +
> > +  References to master/slave in relation to lcore will be renamed
> > +  to initial/worker.  The function ``rte_get_master_lcore()``
> > +  will be renamed to ``rte_get_initial_lcore()``.
> > +  For the 20.11, release both names will be present and the  
> 
> nit: comma misplaced
> 
> > +  old function will be marked with the deprecated tag.
> > +  The old function will be removed in 21.11 version.
> > +
> > +  The iterator for worker lcores will also change:
> > +  ``RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE`` will be replaced with
> > +  ``RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_WORKER``.
> > +
> > +  The ``master-lcore`` argument to testpmd will be replaced
> > +  with ``initial-lcore``.  
> 
> It doesn't say that the old argument will be kept for compatibility in 20.11.

Testpmd is not part of API/ABI compatibility area so it is not a hard
requirement.