On 04/08/20 14:22 +0530, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 2:18 PM David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > The PCI resources map API (pci_map_resource/pci_unmap_resource) was
> > imposing use of Unix mmap flags while it does not make sense on Windows.
> > This API was only used to internally setup PCI devices in the PCI bus
> > driver and has no known external users.
> >
> > Announce its removal in 20.11 with its associated structures.
> >
> > The workaround implemented in the commit 9d2b24593724 ("pci: keep API
> > compatibility with mmap values") will be removed at the same time.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com>
>
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com>
>
Acked-by: Gaetan Rivet <gr...@u256.net>
>
> > ---
> > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 11 +++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index ea4cfa7a48..24808c002c 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ Deprecation Notices
> > us extending existing enum/define.
> > One solution can be using a fixed size array instead of ``.*MAX.*``
> > value.
> >
> > +* pci: The PCI resources map API (``pci_map_resource`` and
> > + ``pci_unmap_resource``) was not abstracting the Unix mmap flags (see the
> > + workaround for Windows support implemented in the commit
> > + 9d2b24593724 ("pci: keep API compatibility with mmap values")).
> > + This API will be removed from the public API in 20.11 and moved to the
> > PCI
> > + bus driver along with the PCI resources lists and associated structures
> > + (``pci_map``, ``pci_msix_table``, ``mapped_pci_resource`` and
> > + ``mapped_pci_res_list``).
> > + With this removal, there won't be a need for the mentioned workaround
> > which
> > + will be reverted.
> > +
> > * ethdev: Split the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct to hide it as much as
> > possible
> > will be done in 20.11.
> > Currently the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct is accessible by the
> > application
> > --
> > 2.23.0
> >
--
Gaëtan
