[PATCH 1/2] kni: flag deprecated status at build time

[Morten Brørup]

> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richardson at intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2022 16.35
> 
> To ensure all users are aware of KNI's deprecated status at build time
> we can take the following actions:
> 
> 1. disable the library by default. It can be re-enabled by setting
>    disabled_libs to the empty string (or other string not including
>    'kni')
> 
> 2. add support for a list of deprecated libs to the lib/meson.build
> file
>    so the error message for KNI being disabled includes the fact that
> it
>    is a deprecated library.
> 
> 3. for the dependent NIC driver, drivers/net/kni, modify its disabled
>    message to also reference the fact that KNI is disabled.
> 
> NOTE: This is part of the deprecation process for KNI agreed by the
> DPDK
> technical board.[1]
> 
> [1] http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2022-June/243596.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---

Probably not required, but cannot hurt either:

Series-acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>