On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 09:39:15AM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 7/12/2023 11:18 AM, Sivaprasad Tummala wrote: > > To allow new cpu features to be added without ABI breakage, > > RTE_CPUFLAG_NUMFLAGS will be removed in DPDK 23.11 release. > > > > Signed-off-by: Sivaprasad Tummala <sivaprasad.tumm...@amd.com> > > --- > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++ > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > index 8e1cdd677a..92db59d9c2 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > > the replacement API rte_thread_set_name and rte_thread_create_control > > being > > marked as stable, and planned to be removed by the 23.11 release. > > > > +* eal: RTE_CPUFLAG_NUMFLAGS will be removed in DPDK 23.11 release. This is > > + to allow new cpu features to be added without ABI breakage. > > + > > * rte_atomicNN_xxx: These APIs do not take memory order parameter. This > > does > > not allow for writing optimized code for all the CPU architectures > > supported > > in DPDK. DPDK has adopted the atomic operations from > > +techboard, > > Request for review/ack, patch is to remove ABI restriction to add new > CPU flags.
Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com>
