> Vhost-user dequeue zero-copy support will be removed in 20.11. The only > known user is OVS where the feature is still experimental, and has not > received > any update for several years. This feature faces reliability issues and is > often > conflicting with new features being implemented. > > Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coque...@redhat.com> > --- > > Hi, the topic was discussed during OVS-DPDK public meeting on July 22nd. Ian, > if > you had time to discuss the topic with your team and agree with the removal, > please ack the patch. > If, not please let me know. > > 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 ea4cfa7a48..a923849419 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -151,3 +151,8 @@ Deprecation Notices > Python 2 support will be completely removed in 20.11. > In 20.08, explicit deprecation warnings will be displayed when running > scripts with Python 2. > + > +* vhost: Vhost-user dequeue zero-copy support will be removed in 20.11. > +The > + only known user is OVS where the feature is still experimental, and > +has not > + received any update for 2.5 years. This feature faces reliability > +issues and > + is often conflicting with new features being implemented. > --
Acked-by: Ian Stokes <ian.sto...@intel.com>
