Remove the deprecation notice and add description to the release notes. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 23 ----------------------- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f3258eb3f725..d459a25eabe3 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -28,29 +28,6 @@ Deprecation Notices * kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case. -* eal: The terms blacklist and whitelist to describe devices used - by DPDK will be replaced in the 20.11 relase. - This will apply to command line arguments as well as macros. - - The macro ``RTE_DEV_BLACKLISTED`` will be replaced with ``RTE_DEV_EXCLUDED`` - and ``RTE_DEV_WHITELISTED`` will be replaced with ``RTE_DEV_INCLUDED`` - ``RTE_BUS_SCAN_BLACKLIST`` and ``RTE_BUS_SCAN_WHITELIST`` will be - replaced with ``RTE_BUS_SCAN_EXCLUDED`` and ``RTE_BUS_SCAN_INCLUDED`` - respectively. Likewise ``RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI`` and - ``RTE_DEVTYPE_WHITELISTED_PCI`` will be replaced with - ``RTE_DEVTYPE_EXCLUDED`` and ``RTE_DEVTYPE_INCLUDED``. - - The old macros will be marked as deprecated in 20.11 and any - usage will cause a compile warning. They will be removed in - a future release. - - The command line arguments to ``rte_eal_init`` will change from - ``-b, --pci-blacklist`` to ``-x, --exclude`` and - ``-w, --pci-whitelist`` to ``-i, --include``. - The old command line arguments will continue to be accepted in 20.11 - but will cause a runtime warning message. The old arguments will - be removed in a future release. - * eal: The function ``rte_eal_remote_launch`` will return new error codes after read or write error on the pipe, instead of calling ``rte_panic``. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst index 6bbd6ee93922..df955e2214c4 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst @@ -644,6 +644,17 @@ API Changes * sched: Removed ``tb_rate``, ``tc_rate``, ``tc_period`` and ``tb_size`` from ``struct rte_sched_subport_params``. +* eal: The selection of devices on the EAL command line has been + changed from ``--pci-blacklist`` and ``--pci-whitelist`` + to ``--block`` and ``--allow``. The short form option for + using a device is now ``-a`` instead of ``-w``. + + The internal macros for ``RTE_DEV_BLACKLISTED`` and ``RTE_DEV_WHITELISTED`` + have been replaced with ``RTE_DEV_BLOCKED`` and ``RTE_DEV_ALLOWED``. + + There are compatibility macros and command line mappings to accept + the old values but applications and scripts are strongly encouraged + to migrate to the new names. ABI Changes ----------- -- 2.27.0
