[v2] doc: announce rename of octeontx_ep driver
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To enable single unified driver to support current OcteonTx and
future Octeon PCI endpoint NICs, octeontx_ep driver will be renamed
to octeon_ep to reflect common driver for all Octeon based
PCI endpoint NICs.
Signed-off-by: Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@marvell.com>
---
v2 - reworded the announcement as per review comment.
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
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On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 1:41 PM Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@marvell.com> wrote:
>
> To enable single unified driver to support current OcteonTx and
> future Octeon PCI endpoint NICs, octeontx_ep driver will be renamed
> to octeon_ep to reflect common driver for all Octeon based
> PCI endpoint NICs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
> ---
> v2 - reworded the announcement as per review comment.
>
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 4e5b23c53d..63c6dac5e5 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -125,3 +125,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
> applications should be updated to use the ``dmadev`` library instead,
> with the underlying HW-functionality being provided by the ``ioat`` or
> ``idxd`` dma drivers
> +
> +* drivers/octeontx_ep: rename octeontx_ep driver
> +
> + Current driver name ``octeontx_ep`` was to support OcteonTX line of products.
> + It will be renamed to ``octeon_ep`` in DPDK 22.11 to apply for all
> + Octeon EP products: OcteonTX + future Octeon chipsets.
> --
> 2.36.0
>
13/07/2022 11:28, Jerin Jacob:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 1:41 PM Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@marvell.com> wrote:
> >
> > To enable single unified driver to support current OcteonTx and
> > future Octeon PCI endpoint NICs, octeontx_ep driver will be renamed
> > to octeon_ep to reflect common driver for all Octeon based
> > PCI endpoint NICs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@marvell.com>
>
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
There are only 2 acks but it is not controversial at all, so
Applied, thanks.
@@ -125,3 +125,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
applications should be updated to use the ``dmadev`` library instead,
with the underlying HW-functionality being provided by the ``ioat`` or
``idxd`` dma drivers
+
+* drivers/octeontx_ep: rename octeontx_ep driver
+
+ Current driver name ``octeontx_ep`` was to support OcteonTX line of products.
+ It will be renamed to ``octeon_ep`` in DPDK 22.11 to apply for all
+ Octeon EP products: OcteonTX + future Octeon chipsets.