[PATCH] net/mlx5: deprecate representor matching devarg

[Thomas Monjalon]

16/07/2025 11:38, Dariusz Sosnowski:
> Mark repr_matching_en device argument exposed by mlx5 PMD
> as deprecated and schedule its removal in 25.11 release.
> 
> Functionality exposed by this device argument does not fit
> current E-Switch representor model exposed by DPDK.
> A new unified representor model, described in
> https://fast.dpdk.org/events/slides/DPDK-2024-07-unified_representor.pdf
> should be developed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski at nvidia.com>

The impact is very limited.
There is no API/ABI breakage.
The devarg is probably not used a lot.
To be on a completely safe side, the devarg could continue to be accepted
if a user set it at its default value.
Still, announcing this is a good idea in case someone uses this.

Applied, thanks.