[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal

Olivier Matz olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Tue Feb 14 12:03:04 CET 2017


On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:50:19 +0000, Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:28:39AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2017-02-14 09:58, Thomas Monjalon:  
> > > 2017-02-14 08:50, Mcnamara, John:  
> > > > The notification should probably be for removal in 17.08, to
> > > > one release cycle to respond/fix/update.  
> > > 
> > > There were some previous messages/warnings and there were no
> > > answer. I have asked a working free toolchain, I did not have it.
> > > We have asked some questions about drivers support, no reply.
> > > I have asked about removal, no reply.
> > > I really do not see why we should keep it longer.  
> > 
> > Some public links:
> > Recent warnings:
> > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-February/056981.html Recent
> > patch from Jerin without any comment:
> > http://dpdk.org/commit/dff9071 Bug in 16.04 without any comment:
> > https://mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg31596.html Work stopped in
> > March, last year:
> > https://mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg43536.html No update for
> > free toolchain: https://mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg42651.html
> > 
> > One year without any news is enough.
> > Hope it convinces you.
> >   
> > > > It would also be good to hear from EZChip/Mellanox on this.  
> > > 
> > > They are mute since a long time on this topic.
> > > Olga, do you confirm?  
> >   
> 
> Regretfully, I must agree with Thomas on this. In the absense of a
> response from someone to maintain this, it should be removed.
> 
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> 

Same here.

Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>


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