[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: announce the removal of RTE_KDRV_NONE based probe

[Olivier Matz]

On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 10:20:29AM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/25/20 10:15 AM, jerinj at marvell.com wrote:
> > From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> > 
> > In order to optimize the DPDK PCI enumeration management, RTE_KDRV_NONE
> > based device driver probing will be removed in v20.08.
> > The legacy virtio is the only consumer of RTE_KDRV_NONE based
> > device  driver probe scheme.
> > The legacy virtio support will be available through existing VFIO/UIO
> > based kernel driver scheme.
> > More details at http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/69351/
> > 
> > Cc: maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
> > Cc: david.marchand at redhat.com
> > Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index 2d11bae93..c7fb368ff 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -132,3 +132,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >    Python 2 support will be completely removed in 20.11.
> >    In 20.08, explicit deprecation warnings will be displayed when running
> >    scripts with Python 2.
> > +
> > +* pci: Remove ``RTE_KDRV_NONE`` based device driver probing.
> > +  In order to optimize the DPDK PCI enumeration management, ``RTE_KDRV_NONE``
> > +  based device driver probing will be removed in v20.08.
> > +  The legacy virtio is the only consumer of ``RTE_KDRV_NONE`` based device
> > +  driver probe scheme. The legacy virtio support will be available through
> > +  the existing VFIO/UIO based kernel driver scheme.
> > +  More details at http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/69351/
> > 
> 
> Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>

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