[dpdk-dev,v2] doc: deprecate Xen support
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Following the calls on the mailing list:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068151.html
The Technical Board decided to drop Xen dom0 support from EAL:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068615.html
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
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doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Jianfeng Tan
> Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2017 9:38 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Tan, Jianfeng <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: deprecate Xen support
>
> Following the calls on the mailing list:
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068151.html
> The Technical Board decided to drop Xen dom0 support from EAL:
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068615.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
-----Original Message-----
> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 13:44:02 +0000
> From: "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> To: "Tan, Jianfeng" <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
> CC: "Tan, Jianfeng" <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>, Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: deprecate Xen support
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Jianfeng Tan
> > Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2017 9:38 PM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > Cc: Tan, Jianfeng <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> > <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: deprecate Xen support
> >
> > Following the calls on the mailing list:
> > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068151.html
> > The Technical Board decided to drop Xen dom0 support from EAL:
> > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068615.html
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
>
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Jianfeng Tan
> > Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2017 9:38 PM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > Cc: Tan, Jianfeng <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> > <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: deprecate Xen support
> >
> > Following the calls on the mailing list:
> >
> >
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> > The Technical Board decided to drop Xen dom0 support from EAL:
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> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
>
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
>
Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
> > > Following the calls on the mailing list:
> > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068151.html
> > > The Technical Board decided to drop Xen dom0 support from EAL:
> > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/068615.html
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > > Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
> >
> > Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
>
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
Applied, thanks
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
Deprecation Notices
-------------------
+* eal: the support of Xen dom0 will be removed from EAL in 17.11; and with
+ that, drivers/net/xenvirt and examples/vhost_xen will also be removed.
+
* eal: the following functions are deprecated starting from 17.05 and will
be removed in 17.08: