[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: announce the removal of RTE_KDRV_NONE based probe

[Maxime Coquelin]

On 5/25/20 10:15 AM, jerinj at marvell.com wrote:
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> 
> In order to optimize the DPDK PCI enumeration management, RTE_KDRV_NONE
> based device driver probing will be removed in v20.08.
> The legacy virtio is the only consumer of RTE_KDRV_NONE based
> device  driver probe scheme.
> The legacy virtio support will be available through existing VFIO/UIO
> based kernel driver scheme.
> More details at http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/69351/
> 
> Cc: maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
> Cc: david.marchand at redhat.com
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 2d11bae93..c7fb368ff 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -132,3 +132,11 @@ 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.
> +
> +* pci: Remove ``RTE_KDRV_NONE`` based device driver probing.
> +  In order to optimize the DPDK PCI enumeration management, ``RTE_KDRV_NONE``
> +  based device driver probing will be removed in v20.08.
> +  The legacy virtio is the only consumer of ``RTE_KDRV_NONE`` based device
> +  driver probe scheme. The legacy virtio support will be available through
> +  the existing VFIO/UIO based kernel driver scheme.
> +  More details at http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/69351/
> 

Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>

Thanks,
Maxime