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

[Raslan Darawsheh]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 6:12 PM
> To: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk at gmail.com>
> Cc: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>; Ferruh Yigit
> <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; Ray Kinsella <mdr at ashroe.eu>; Neil Horman
> <nhorman at tuxdriver.com>; dpdk-dev <dev at dpdk.org>; Andrew
> Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>; NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas at monjalon.net>; David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>;
> Qi Z Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> <rasland at nvidia.com>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj at marvell.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce common prefix for ethdev
> 
> 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>
Acked-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at nvidia.com>