> -----Original Message----- > From: Richardson, Bruce > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 11:25 AM > To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnam...@intel.com> > Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monja...@6wind.com>; Zhigang Lu > <z...@ezchip.com>; Liming Sun <l...@ezchip.com>; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 08:50:07AM +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > > > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 10:53 AM > > > To: Zhigang Lu <z...@ezchip.com>; Liming Sun <l...@ezchip.com> > > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org > > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monja...@6wind.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 b49e0a0..d40b137 100644 > > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > > @@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ Deprecation Notices > > > PMDs that implement the latter. > > > Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once > most > > > PMDs have switched to rte_flow. > > > + > > > +* The architecture TILE-Gx and the associated mpipe driver are not > > > + maintained and will be removed in 17.05. > > > > The notification should probably be for removal in 17.08, to one release > cycle to respond/fix/update. > > > > It would also be good to hear from EZChip/Mellanox on this. > > > > John > > If - as seems likely - this deprecation notice makes it into the 17.02 > release, I would just ask that the actual removal of the code *not* take > place at the start of the 17.05 release cycle, to be sure to give further > additional grace period for someone to respond to this. I think it is only > fair to wait till just before the RC's are produced to remove the code, > given it is such a drastic step, and the official notice of removal is > only inserted right before 17.02 goes out. >
Hi, That seems like a fair compromise. John
