[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/6] eal: remove xen dom0 support
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Mon Sep 4 16:49:16 CEST 2017
On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 03:43:02PM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 06:10:33PM +0000, Jianfeng Tan wrote:
> > We remove xen-specific code in EAL, including the option --xen-dom0,
> > memory initialization code, compiling dependency, etc.
> >
> > Besides, related documents are removed or updated.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan at intel.com>
> > ---
> > MAINTAINERS | 7 -
> > config/common_base | 5 -
> > doc/guides/index.rst | 1 -
> > doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst | 5 +-
> > doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 53 --
> > doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst | 1 -
> > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 -
> > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst | 12 +
> > doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst | 4 -
> > doc/guides/xen/img/dpdk_xen_pkt_switch.png | Bin 163842 -> 0 bytes
> > doc/guides/xen/img/grant_refs.png | Bin 6405 -> 0 bytes
> > doc/guides/xen/img/grant_table.png | Bin 96762 -> 0 bytes
> > doc/guides/xen/index.rst | 38 -
> > doc/guides/xen/pkt_switch.rst | 470 -------------
> > .../bsdapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_dom0_common.h | 107 ---
> > lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 3 -
> > lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h | 1 -
> > lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h | 2 -
> > lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_memory.h | 66 --
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/Makefile | 2 -
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile | 5 +-
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 24 -
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c | 56 --
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_xen_memory.c | 381 ----------
> > .../eal/include/exec-env/rte_dom0_common.h | 108 ---
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c | 54 --
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/Makefile | 53 --
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/compat.h | 15 -
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/dom0_mm_dev.h | 107 ---
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/dom0_mm_misc.c | 780 ---------------------
> > pkg/dpdk.spec | 3 -
>
> The xen functions that were removed are still listed in the linux/bsd
> version.map files. Not an ABI versioning expert, but I believe they
> should be removed as they are no longer present.
>
Reading the contributors guide section on ABI, specifically
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.html#deprecating-an-entire-abi-version
it seems like we should collapse down the versions to a single one
following the function removal, and also increment the whole library so
version.
/Bruce
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