It enables 'extended tag' for i40e devices only during its port initialization, which is key for 40G performance. It also deprecates the similar in igb_uio, and eal lib.
v2: - Changed the type of return value of i40e_enable_extended_tag() to 'void'. - Fixed the compile warnings. - Kept the sys files as they were, and added ABI change announcement for them. - Moved high performance part of i40e from 'GSG' to a new for .nics'. Helin Zhang (3): i40e: enable extended tag eal: remove pci config of extended tag igb_uio: deprecate sys files config/common_linuxapp | 1 + doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst | 47 ---------------- doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 +++ doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst | 6 +++ drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++-- lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c | 7 --- lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h | 2 + lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c | 90 +++---------------------------- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c | 72 +++---------------------- 10 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 205 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst -- 1.9.3
