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

[Ajit Khaparde]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 8:03 AM Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 7:28 PM Andrew Rybchenko
> <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru> wrote:
> >
> > 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>
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>