On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 17:33:17 +0200 David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com> wrote:
> Following discussions with Jan, here is a deprecation notice to prepare for > hotplug and rte_device changes to come in 16.07. > > Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 98d5529..d749e5d 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. > Deprecation Notices > ------------------- > > +* The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification > + mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now > + available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device > arguments > + so that it only cares about hotplugging. > + > +* Structures embodying pci and vdev devices are going to be reworked to > + integrate new common rte_device / rte_driver objects (see > + http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031390.html). > + ethdev and crypto libraries will then only handle those objects so that > they > + do not need to care about the kind of devices that are being used, making > it > + easier to add new buses later. As a result, the current rte_driver structure will be renamed to rte_module and probably reworked in some way due to its semantics and potential name clash with the new rte_driver struct. Regards Jan > + > * The EAL function pci_config_space_set is deprecated in release 16.04 > and will be removed from 16.07. > Macros CONFIG_RTE_PCI_CONFIG, CONFIG_RTE_PCI_EXTENDED_TAG and -- Jan Viktorin E-mail: Viktorin at RehiveTech.com System Architect Web: www.RehiveTech.com RehiveTech Brno, Czech Republic
