[v2,8/9] doc: add deprecation notice for EAL command line options
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Options --no-shconf and --huge-unlink will be removed, and
replaced with --in-memory option, which will be a superset
of these two, and an offially support method to run DPDK
entirely in memory.
Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
---
Notes:
RFC->v1:
- Add this patch
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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13/07/2018 12:27, Anatoly Burakov:
> Options --no-shconf and --huge-unlink will be removed, and
> replaced with --in-memory option, which will be a superset
> of these two, and an offially support method to run DPDK
> entirely in memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
The deprecation notice should be sent separately in order to wait
for enough agreement.
On 13-Jul-18 1:13 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 13/07/2018 12:27, Anatoly Burakov:
>> Options --no-shconf and --huge-unlink will be removed, and
>> replaced with --in-memory option, which will be a superset
>> of these two, and an offially support method to run DPDK
>> entirely in memory.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
>
> The deprecation notice should be sent separately in order to wait
> for enough agreement.
>
Really, we don't have to deprecate old options. It would be nice to
remove them as half-measures and replace them with a proper
implementation, but it's not strictly necessary, so i'll make it a
separate patch.
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
Deprecation Notices
-------------------
+* eal: command-line options ``--no-shconf`` and ``--huge-unlink`` will be
+ removed, and replaced with a single option ``--in-memory``, which will
+ enable DPDK to operate entirely in memory, without creating any files on any
+ filesystems.
+
* eal: DPDK runtime configuration file (located at
``/var/run/.<prefix>_config``) will be moved. The new path will be as follows: