[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce API changes to implement the bus model
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Mon Feb 13 17:20:34 CET 2017
The new bus model has been proposed in 17.02 without being used.
The big rework should happen in 17.05.
Suggested-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain at nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index f0b5329..8b66407 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ Deprecation Notices
has exposed, like the way we have done with uio-pci-generic. This change
targets release 17.05.
-* ``eth_driver`` is planned to be removed in 17.02. This currently serves as
+* The PCI and VDEV subsystems will be converted as drivers of the new bus model.
+ It will imply some EAL API changes in 17.05.
+
+* ``eth_driver`` is planned to be removed in 17.05. This currently serves as
a placeholder for PMDs to register themselves. Changes for ``rte_bus`` will
provide a way to handle device initialization currently being done in
- ``eth_driver``.
+ ``eth_driver``. Similarly, ``rte_pci_driver`` is planned to be removed from
+ ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` in 17.05.
* ethdev: an API change is planned for 17.02 for the function
``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process``. In 17.02 the function will return an ``int``
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