[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API changes for device objects

[David Marchand]

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Jan Viktorin <viktorin at rehivetech.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 19:00:43 +0200
> David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com> wrote:
>> >> Following discussions with Jan, here is a deprecation notice to prepare for
>> >> hotplug and rte_device changes to come in 16.07.
>> > As a result, the current rte_driver structure will be renamed to
>> > rte_module and probably reworked in some way due to its semantics and
>> > potential name clash with the new rte_driver struct.
>>
>> If we just introduce some macros like RTE_MODULE_INIT() /
>> RTE_MODULE_EXIT(), we don't need a rte_module object at the moment ?
>>
>
> Well, possibly, we don't need it. At least, it might be hidden and not
> being a part of the API/ABI. Do you need an ack for this?

Yes, please, the process requires 3 acks for this kind of changes.

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David Marchand