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.
v3: - fix build with deprecated attribute - keep deprecated attribute - reword release notes a bit - revert doc move from v2 - better split the patches 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 pci: remove config of extended tag igb_uio: deprecate extended tag config/common_base | 1 + doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst | 27 ++++------ doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++ 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 | 5 +- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c | 90 +++---------------------------- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c | 72 +++---------------------- 9 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 176 deletions(-) -- 2.7.0
