The declaration and identification of devices will change in v18.05. Remove the precedent deprecation notice
Add new one reflecting the planned changes more accurately, updated for v18.05. Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index d59ad5988..07312f59a 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,18 +8,23 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- -* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v18.02. - The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need - to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype`` - was used to identify a bus and will disappear. - The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change. - The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private. - The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be - modified or removed in 18.02: +* eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.05. + New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of + device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the + new scheme of device identification. + As such, ``rte_devargs`` device representation will change. - - ``rte_eal_devargs_add`` - - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count`` - - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` + - removal of ``name`` and ``args`` fields. + - The enum ``rte_devtype`` was used to identify a bus and will disappear. + - The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private. + - Functions previously deprecated will change or disappear: + + + ``rte_eal_devargs_add`` + + ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count`` + + ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` + + ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` will change its format and use. + + all ``rte_devargs`` related functions will be renamed, changing the + ``rte_eal_devargs_`` prefix to ``rte_devargs_``. * pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed. The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced: -- 2.11.0
