[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-techboard] [PATCH v3 00/10] rename blacklist/whitelist to block/allow

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:16:58 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:

> 22/09/2020 16:28, Stephen Hemminger:
> > On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:01:27 +0200
> > Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> >   
> > > 14/07/2020 07:33, Stephen Hemminger:  
> > > > On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 17:06:11 +0200
> > > > David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >     
> > > > > About deprecating existing API/EAL flags in this release, this should
> > > > > go through the standard deprecation process.
> > > > > I would go with introducing new options + full compatibility + a
> > > > > deprecation notice in the 20.08 release.
> > > > > The actual deprecation/API flagging will go in 20.11.
> > > > > Removal will come later.    
> > > > 
> > > > Like Make deprecation for 20.08 will leave the flags but add nag.
> > > > Want to make full removal in 20.11. Otherwise it will end up being 21.11
> > > > which is too far out.    
> > > 
> > > Excuse me I may lack a bit of context.
> > > Are you asking for removing some EAL options without following
> > > the deprecation process?  
> > 
> > These were in the 20.08 deprecation notice.  
> 
> Do you mean this?
> "
>   The ``master-lcore`` argument to testpmd will be replaced
>   with ``initial-lcore``. The old ``master-lcore`` argument
>   will produce a runtime notification in 20.11 release, and
>   be removed completely in a future release.
> "
> 
> 

Yes, went back to the wrong old thread while looking up the blacklist patches.
Just ignore this.