> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > Sent: Friday, July 1, 2022 12:51 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > Subject: [PATCH] doc: add deprecation notice for kni example > > As agreed by DPDK Technical Board, the KNI example app is due to be > removed from the repository to discourage use in future projects, given > that better alternatives exist. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 4e5b23c53d..ee36fc684d 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -125,3 +125,7 @@ Deprecation Notices > applications should be updated to use the ``dmadev`` library instead, > with the underlying HW-functionality being provided by the ``ioat`` or > ``idxd`` dma drivers > + > +* examples/kni: The ``kni`` kernel module and library are not recommended > for use by new applications - > + other technologies such as virtio-user are recommended instead. > + Because of this, the example application for kni is deprecated and will > be removed in a future release. > -- > 2.34.1
Acked-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo....@intel.com>
