[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce kni_vhost removal

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Tue Feb 7 11:52:48 CET 2017


On 11/17/2016 1:27 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 2 ++
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst           | 6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
> index eb16e2e..4f25595 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
> @@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ This provides flexibility in multiprocess scenarios
>  (where the KNI is created in the primary process but the callbacks are handled in the secondary one).
>  The constraint is that a single process can register and handle the requests.
>  
> +.. _kni_vhost_backend-label:
> +
>  KNI Working as a Kernel vHost Backend
>  -------------------------------------
>  
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 2d17bc6..956473a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -71,3 +71,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated
>    and will be removed in 17.02.
>    It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
> +
> +* kni: Remove :ref:`kni_vhost_backend-label` feature (KNI_VHOST) in 17.05 release.
> +  :doc:`Vhost Library </prog_guide/vhost_lib>` is currently preferred method for
> +  guest - host communication. Just for clarification, this is not to remove KNI
> +  or VHOST feature, but KNI_VHOST which is a KNI feature enabled via a compile
> +  time option, and disabled by default.
> 

Reminder for this patch.

Thanks,
ferruh


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