[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API changes for device objects
David Marchand
david.marchand at 6wind.com
Thu Apr 7 17:33:17 CEST 2016
Following discussions with Jan, here is a deprecation notice to prepare for
hotplug and rte_device changes to come in 16.07.
Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 98d5529..d749e5d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
Deprecation Notices
-------------------
+* The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification
+ mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now
+ available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device arguments
+ so that it only cares about hotplugging.
+
+* Structures embodying pci and vdev devices are going to be reworked to
+ integrate new common rte_device / rte_driver objects (see
+ http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031390.html).
+ ethdev and crypto libraries will then only handle those objects so that they
+ do not need to care about the kind of devices that are being used, making it
+ easier to add new buses later.
+
* The EAL function pci_config_space_set is deprecated in release 16.04
and will be removed from 16.07.
Macros CONFIG_RTE_PCI_CONFIG, CONFIG_RTE_PCI_EXTENDED_TAG and
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