[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: announce rte_dev_probe() API change

[Maxime Coquelin]

Hi Thomas, Davis,

On 6/25/20 10:04 AM, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
> In order to simplify the use of rte_dev_probe() and
> rte_dev_remove() by applications, rte_dev_probe() will
> return a reference on the rte_device stating DPDK v20.11.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index d1034f60fd..8661a673b5 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -130,3 +130,8 @@ 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: Change ``rte_dev_probe`` API in DPDK v20.11 to return a pointer on the
> +  probed rte_device or NULL instead of 0 or an error code. This change will
> +  allow applications avoid iterating on devices after a probe to get access to
> +  the new rte_device.
> 

Any chance this patch goes into -rc4?
Patch 2 is for v20.11, but we would need the deprecation notice to be in
v20.08.

Thanks,
Maxime