On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 11:22 AM Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 03/11/2020 17:26, Ajit Khaparde wrote: > > 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? > > > > Ok, it's the correct section for it, so I won't argue. > > >> > >> 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. > > > > Right, I'm just concerned about it getting broken in say 20.11.2 because > of backports to the driver. Once it's in 20.11, it should continue to > work in 20.11.x releases which will be for 2 years. > Yes. Thanks. We will keep the lights on for the LTS releases. > > Anyway, that is a side issue to this patch for deprecation, so, > > Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> > > > Thanks > > Ajit > > > >> > >> Kevin. > >> > >
