The function rte_eth_dev_count() was marked as deprecated in DPDK 18.05
in commit d9a42a69febf ("ethdev: deprecate port count function").
It is planned to be removed after the next LTS release.Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> Acked-by: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> --- v2: move notice near other ethdev one --- 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 37b8592b6..3f0fb3ab6 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ Deprecation Notices structure would be made internal (or removed if all dependencies are cleared) in future releases. +* ethdev: The function ``rte_eth_dev_count`` will be removed in DPDK 20.02. + It is replaced by the function ``rte_eth_dev_count_avail``. + If the intent is to iterate over ports, ``RTE_ETH_FOREACH_*`` macros + are better port iterators. + * ethdev: the legacy filter API, including ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR, -- 2.21.0
