[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation notice to move igb_uio to a new repo
jerinj at marvell.com
jerinj at marvell.com
Thu Jan 30 17:58:53 CET 2020
From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
Based on the tech board meeting held on 2019-11-06,
It's been decided to move igb_uio kernel module to a new repository
hosted by dpdk.org in v20.11 release.
http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html
Adding the deprecation notice for the same in advance.
Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index dfcca87ab..2b9d0113f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
remove it from the externally visible ABI and allow it to be updated in the
future.
+* igb_uio: In the view of reducing the kernel dependency from the main tree,
+ as a first step, The technical board has been decided to move ``igb_uio``
+ kernel module to a new repository hosted by dpdk.org in v20.11 release.
+ Minutes of Technical Board Meeting of `2019-11-06
+ <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html>`_.
+
* dpaa2: removal of ``rte_dpaa2_memsegs`` structure which has been replaced
by a pa-va search library. This structure was earlier being used for holding
memory segments used by dpaa2 driver for faster pa->va translation. This
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