[v2,2/2] doc: announce KNI deprecation
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Announce the KNI kernel module move to out of dpdk repo and announce
long term plan to deprecate the KNI.
Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
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Cc: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Cc: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: Elad Nachman <eladv6@gmail.com>
Cc: Igor Ryzhov <iryzhov@nfware.com>
Cc: Dan Gora <dg@adax.com>
Dates are not discussed before, the patch aims to trigger a discussion
for the dates.
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doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 2 ++
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
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23/11/2021 13:08, Ferruh Yigit:
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +* kni: KNI kernel module will be moved to `dpdk-kmods <https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/>`_
> + repository by the `DPDK technical board decision
> + <https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2021-January/197077.html>`_, on v22.11.
> +* kni: will be depreciated, will remove all kni lib, kernel module and example code
> + on v23.11.
+1 for this plan
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Kernel NIC Interface
====================
.. Note::
+ KNI kernel module will be moved from main git repository to `dpdk-kmods <https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/>`_ repository.
+ There is a long term plan to deprecate the KNI. See :doc:`../rel_notes/deprecation`
:ref:`virtio_user_as_exceptional_path` alternative is the preferred way for
interfacing with the Linux network stack as it is an in-kernel solution and
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
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.
+* kni: KNI kernel module will be moved to `dpdk-kmods <https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/>`_
+ repository by the `DPDK technical board decision
+ <https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2021-January/197077.html>`_, on v22.11.
+* kni: will be depreciated, will remove all kni lib, kernel module and example code
+ on v23.11.
+
* lib: will fix extending some enum/define breaking the ABI. There are multiple
samples in DPDK that enum/define terminated with a ``.*MAX.*`` value which is
used by iterators, and arrays holding these values are sized with this