[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver
From: Chenbo Xia <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-01 08:51:39
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h, will be removed and the header will be made internal. Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <redacted> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst@@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-specific content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11, original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11. + +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver, "rte_bus_pci.h" + will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions defined + in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is inspired + by the RFC https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
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