[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce removal of interactive setup script
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Aug 6 19:02:20 CEST 2020
06/08/2020 18:56, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:25:23 +0200
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
>
> > 06/08/2020 18:23, Stephen Hemminger:
> > > On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 16:51:50 +0200
> > > Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Environment configuration is the responsibility of distributions
> > > > or upper-level frameworks.
> > > > DPDK focus on documenting the requirements and some recommendations.
> > > > If some specific parts are complex, they can deserve some scripts.
> > > >
> > > > Maintaining a good adaptative deployment setup is a project by itself.
> > > > Anyway this script was interactive, useful only for experimenters.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > > > Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
> > > > Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > v2: suggest replacing with more specific scripts
> > > > ---
> > > > +* dpdk-setup.sh: This old script relies on deprecated stuff, and especially
> > > > + ``make``. Given environments are too much variables for such a simple script,
> > > > + it will be removed in DPDK 20.11.
> > > > + Some useful parts may be converted into specific scripts.
> > >
> > > Do you want to add a nag at startup of dpdk-setup.sh in 20.08?
> > > Users don't always read the deprecation notices.
> >
> > Yes we could do that if this deprecation is accepted (missing an ack).
>
> Never liked dpdk-setup.sh anyway
Me too
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
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