[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce end of support for some Broadcom devices

[Ajit Khaparde]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 12:59 PM Ajit Khaparde
<ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 11:22 AM Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> On 03/11/2020 17:26, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 2:50 AM Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> >> Hi Ajit,
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>> >> On 26/10/2020 21:46, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
>> >>> Devices belonging to BCM573xx and BCM5740x family will not be supported
>> >>> from the 21.02 release.
>> >>>
>> >>> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.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 2e082499b8..f1fce4210d 100644
>> >>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> >>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> >>> @@ -166,3 +166,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
>> >>>    ``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.
>> >>> +
>> >>> +* Broadcom bnxt PMD: NetXtreme devices belonging to the ``BCM573xx and
>> >>> +  BCM5740x`` families will no longer be supported as of DPDK 21.02.
>> >>> +  Specifically the support for the following Broadcom PCI ids will be removed
>> >>> +  from the release: ``0x16c8, 0x16c9, 0x16ca, 0x16ce, 0x16cf, 0x16df,``
>> >>> +  ``0x16d0, 0x16d1, 0x16d2, 0x16d4, 0x16d5, 0x16e7, 0x16e8, 0x16e9``.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> It might be worth adding to the bnxt.rst section about these NICs, as
>> >> there is no hint that they are deprecated for a user reading that.
>> > Thanks Kevin.
>> > I will add that when the support is really removed.
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>> > Since the deprecation is not really planned for 20.11 I think it is not really
>> > needed for now?
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>> Ok, it's the correct section for it, so I won't argue.
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>> >>
>> >> Where I'm not clear is about 20.11. It will be an LTS, will they be
>> >> supported for the lifetime of 20.11 on the 20.11 branch?
>> > 20.11 will have the support. The deprecation is planned for 21.02.
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>> Right, I'm just concerned about it getting broken in say 20.11.2 because
>> of backports to the driver. Once it's in 20.11, it should continue to
>> work in 20.11.x releases which will be for 2 years.
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> Yes. Thanks. We will keep the lights on for the LTS releases.
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>> Anyway, that is a side issue to this patch for deprecation, so,
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>> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>

Thomas, Can you please pick this? Thanks

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>> > Thanks
>> > Ajit
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>> >> Kevin.
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