On 8/6/19 4:39 PM, Ananyev, Konstantin wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 2:32 PM
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce removal of old port count function
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,
--
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.anan...@intel.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybche...@solarflare.com>