When KNI is being used at runtime, output a warning message about its deprecated status. This is part of the deprecation process for KNI agreed by the DPDK technical board.[1]
[1] http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2022-June/243596.html Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++---- lib/kni/rte_kni.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 6c2fc15c77..8d99ce5f2f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ Deprecation Notices applications - other technologies such as virtio-user are recommended instead. Following the DPDK technical board `decision <https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2021-January/197077.html>`_ - and `refinement <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2022-June/243596.html>`_: - - * Some deprecation warnings will be added in DPDK 22.11. - * The KNI kernel module, library and PMD will be removed from the DPDK 23.11. + and `refinement <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2022-June/243596.html>`_, + the KNI kernel module, library and PMD will be removed from the DPDK 23.11 release. * lib: will fix extending some enum/define breaking the ABI. There are multiple samples in DPDK that enum/define terminated with a ``.*MAX.*`` value which is diff --git a/lib/kni/rte_kni.c b/lib/kni/rte_kni.c index 7971c56bb4..eb7c10ff19 100644 --- a/lib/kni/rte_kni.c +++ b/lib/kni/rte_kni.c @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ static volatile int kni_fd = -1; int rte_kni_init(unsigned int max_kni_ifaces __rte_unused) { + RTE_LOG(WARNING, KNI, "WARNING: KNI is deprecated and will be removed in DPDK 23.11\n"); + #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 10, 0) if (rte_eal_iova_mode() != RTE_IOVA_PA) { RTE_LOG(ERR, KNI, "KNI requires IOVA as PA\n"); -- 2.34.1
