Hi Ajit, On 26/10/2020 21:46, Ajit Khaparde wrote: > Devices belonging to BCM573xx and BCM5740x family will not be supported > from the 21.02 release. > > Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khapa...@broadcom.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 2e082499b8..f1fce4210d 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -166,3 +166,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > ``make``. Given environments are too much variables for such a simple > script, > it will be removed in DPDK 20.11. > Some useful parts may be converted into specific scripts. > + > +* Broadcom bnxt PMD: NetXtreme devices belonging to the ``BCM573xx and > + BCM5740x`` families will no longer be supported as of DPDK 21.02. > + Specifically the support for the following Broadcom PCI ids will be removed > + from the release: ``0x16c8, 0x16c9, 0x16ca, 0x16ce, 0x16cf, 0x16df,`` > + ``0x16d0, 0x16d1, 0x16d2, 0x16d4, 0x16d5, 0x16e7, 0x16e8, 0x16e9``. >
It might be worth adding to the bnxt.rst section about these NICs, as there is no hint that they are deprecated for a user reading that. Where I'm not clear is about 20.11. It will be an LTS, will they be supported for the lifetime of 20.11 on the 20.11 branch? Kevin.
