[EXT] Re: [PATCH v3] net/bnx2x: offer maintainership for bnx2x

[Alok Prasad]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: 28 June 2023 04:54
> To: Julien Aube <julien_dpdk at jaube.fr>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Alok Prasad <palok at marvell.com>; Akhil Goyal <gakhil at marvell.com>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
> <jerinj at marvell.com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v3] net/bnx2x: offer maintainership for bnx2x
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> 02/06/2023 09:52, Julien Aube:
> > This is an offer to maintain the code for bnx2x-based
> > cards. It may not be possible on the long run due to
> > the old design of this chipset.
> >
> > Note that I'm not affiliated with LSI nor Broadcom and
> > do not have access to documentation or other NDA-based
> > code.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Julien Aube <julien_dpdk at jaube.fr>
> > ---
> >  .mailmap                             | 1 +
> >  MAINTAINERS                          | 3 +--
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 ---
> >  3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
> > index db85cc66c6..cb689ef751 100644
> > --- a/.mailmap
> > +++ b/.mailmap
> > @@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ JP Lee <jongpil.lee at broadcom.com>
> >  Juan Antonio Montesinos <juan.antonio.montesinos.delgado at ericsson.com>
> >  Juhamatti Kuusisaari <juhamatti.kuusisaari at coriant.com>
> >  Juho Snellman <jsnell at iki.fi>
> > +Julien Aube <julien_dpdk at jaube.fr>
> >  Julien Castets <jcastets at scaleway.com>
> >  Julien Courtat <julien.courtat at 6wind.com>
> >  Julien Cretin <julien.cretin at trust-in-soft.com>
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index a5219926ab..563f8c56eb 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -940,8 +940,7 @@ F: drivers/net/pfe/
> >  F: doc/guides/nics/features/pfe.ini
> >
> >  Marvell QLogic bnx2x
> > -M: Rasesh Mody <rmody at marvell.com>
> > -M: Shahed Shaikh <shshaikh at marvell.com>
> > +M: Julien Aube <julien_dpdk at jaube.fr>
> >  T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-net-mrvl
> >  F: drivers/net/bnx2x/
> >  F: doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index dcc1ca1696..6b7c644ef8 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >    The legacy actions should be removed
> >    once ``MODIFY_FIELD`` alternative is implemented in drivers.
> >
> > -* net/bnx2x: Starting from DPDK 23.07, the Marvell QLogic bnx2x driver will be removed.
> > -  This decision has been made to alleviate the burden of maintaining a discontinued product.
> > -
> >  * net/liquidio: Remove LiquidIO ethdev driver.
> >    The LiquidIO product line has been substituted
> >    with CN9K/CN10K OCTEON product line smart NICs located in ``drivers/net/octeon_ep/``.
> >
> 
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> 
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Acked-by: Alok Prasad <palok at marvell.com>