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

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 27-Jul-20 8:20 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> 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..31a2b942fba5 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.
> +
> +  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
> +  old function will be marked with the deprecated tag.
> +  The old function will be removed in 21.11 version.
> +
> +  The macros related to primary and secondary lcore will also
> +  be change:  ``RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE`` will be replaced

^^

I think this was supposed to be either "will also change" or "will also 
be changed", but got mashed together :)

> +  with ``RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_WORKER``.
> +
> +  The ``master-lcore`` argument to testpmd will be replaced
> +  with ``initial-lcore``.
> 


-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly