[PATCH v2] kni: remove deprecated kernel network interface

[Thomas Monjalon]

30/07/2023 19:12, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 19:12:05 -0700
> Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
> 
> > Deprecation and removal was announced in 22.11.
> > Make it so.

Would be good to summarize the reason here,
and name replacements.

Also it should not be completely removed.
I think we were supposed to move KNI into the kmod repository?


> > Leave kernel/linux with empty directory because
> > CI is trying to directly build it. At some later date,
> > kernel/linux can be removed.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> 
> Want suggestions on this.
> 1. The release notes gets coding style warning because checkpatch
> is checking that release note matches current release, and release number
> hasn't change yet.  Should I just wait?

Yes the release notes file for 23.11 should be created today.


> 2. The OVSrobot is looking into the port library to see the kni symbols.
> But port is marked as deprecated already.
> Perhaps we should just pull out port first?

No we must support it until it is removed.
You should either disable or remove KNI from the port library.