[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce common prefix for ethdev

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 6/30/21 12:21 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> Announce adding 'RTE_ETH_' prefix to all public ethdev macros/enums on
> v21.11.
> Backward compatibility macros will be added on v21.11 and they will be
> removed on v22.11.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> ---
> Cc: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Cc: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> Cc: Qi Z Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> Cc: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at nvidia.com>
> Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> Cc: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj at marvell.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 9584d6bfd723..ae79673e37e3 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
>     consistent with existing outer header checksum status flag naming, which
>     should help in reducing confusion about its usage.
>   
> +* ethdev: Will add 'RTE_ETH_' prefix to all ethdev macros/enums in v21.11. Macros
> +  will be added for backward compatibility. Backward compatibility macros will be
> +  removed on v22.11. A few old backward compatibility macros from 2013 that does
> +  not have proper prefix will be removed on v21.11.
> +
>   * i40e: As there are both i40evf and iavf pmd, the functions of them are
>     duplicated. And now more and more advanced features are developed on iavf.
>     To keep consistent with kernel driver's name
> 

Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>