[dpdk-dev] doc: deprecate Xen dom0 support
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Following the calls on the mailing list:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068151.html
The Technical Board decided to drop Xen dom0 support from EAL:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068615.html
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
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Hi Thomas,
On 8/3/2017 7:49 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Following the calls on the mailing list:
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068151.html
> The Technical Board decided to drop Xen dom0 support from EAL:
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068615.html
As dom0 is removed, drivers/net/xenvirt and examples/vhost_xen/ will not
work any more. Shall we deprecate them also?
Thanks,
Jianfeng
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 7b1997058..b7fd8049e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
> Deprecation Notices
> -------------------
>
> +* eal: the support of Xen dom0 will be removed from EAL in 17.11.
> +
> * eal: the following functions are deprecated starting from 17.05 and will
> be removed in 17.11:
>
03/08/2017 17:33, Tan, Jianfeng:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On 8/3/2017 7:49 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > Following the calls on the mailing list:
> > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068151.html
> > The Technical Board decided to drop Xen dom0 support from EAL:
> > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068615.html
>
> As dom0 is removed, drivers/net/xenvirt and examples/vhost_xen/ will not
> work any more. Shall we deprecate them also?
OK, please make the v2
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
Deprecation Notices
-------------------
+* eal: the support of Xen dom0 will be removed from EAL in 17.11.
+
* eal: the following functions are deprecated starting from 17.05 and will
be removed in 17.11: