From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:25:12 +0000 Message-ID: <20170214112512.GA28908@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1486983152-22677-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Thomas Monjalon , Zhigang Lu , Liming Sun , "dev@dpdk.org" To: "Mcnamara, John" Return-path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DD0AA2F for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:25:16 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 08:50:07AM +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 10:53 AM > > To: Zhigang Lu ; Liming Sun > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon > > --- > > 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. Regards, /Bruce