The kernel_dir option does nothing, so it can be deprecated and removed in future.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <[email protected]> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ meson_options.txt | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 17f90a6352..ed1dda6008 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Other API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted below. Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* build: The following meson build options are deprecated and will be removed in a future release: + + - ``kernel_dir``: option unused as Linux kernel drivers are in a separate ``dpdk-kmods`` repository. + * kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case. diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt index e28d24054c..7bd5ebc084 100644 --- a/meson_options.txt +++ b/meson_options.txt @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ option('ibverbs_link', type: 'combo', choices : ['static', 'shared', 'dlopen'], option('include_subdir_arch', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'subdirectory where to install arch-dependent headers') option('kernel_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: - 'Path to the kernel for building kernel modules. Headers must be in $kernel_dir or $kernel_dir/build. Modules will be installed in /lib/modules.') + '[Deprecated] Value unused. Previously, path to the kernel for building kernel modules.') option('machine', type: 'string', value: 'auto', description: 'Alias of cpu_instruction_set.') option('max_ethports', type: 'integer', value: 32, description: -- 2.53.0
