On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 2:50 AM Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> wrote: > > 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. Thanks Kevin. I will add that when the support is really removed.
Since the deprecation is not really planned for 20.11 I think it is not really needed for now? > > 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? 20.11 will have the support. The deprecation is planned for 21.02. Thanks Ajit > > Kevin. >
