On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 04:07:52PM +0200, David Marchand wrote: > rte_kernel_driver is only used by the PCI subsystem and has polluted > ethdev for no reason. > Hide it in the PCI bus driver. > > Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 9f73297173..6e86963c39 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ Deprecation Notices > With this removal, there won't be a need for the mentioned workaround which > will be reverted. > > +* pci: The ``rte_kernel_driver`` enum defined in rte_dev.h will be made > private > + to the PCI subsystem as it is used only by the PCI bus driver and PCI > + drivers. > + The associated field ``kdrv`` in the ethdev ``rte_eth_dev_data`` structure > + will be removed as it gave no useful abstracted information to the > + applications and had no user (neither internal nor external). > + > * 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 > --
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
