From patchwork Fri Mar 17 12:30:11 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Jerin Jacob X-Patchwork-Id: 125227 X-Patchwork-Delegate: thomas@monjalon.net Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2FD241EBC; Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:30:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A384E42F98; Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:30:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com (mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com [67.231.156.173]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA50740395 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:30:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from pps.filterd (m0045851.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com (8.17.1.19/8.17.1.19) with ESMTP id 32HAgWUh012878; Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:30:23 -0700 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=marvell.com; h=from : to : cc : subject : date : message-id : mime-version : content-transfer-encoding : content-type; s=pfpt0220; bh=QHbylDqa9B4Fwsh7n5hMmk+PwRRdIhLbd1dFKtfINM8=; b=bzf0tHjEFbf/vTjKEcibsWiBUBQtCohfxEL5s9DtSBPw+Idj2bxNZ3ZxfXBFAQlWzHkn gvm3XUgnSyah+SVXutdp8SOTWKIld90xAv39mVh9M97Y9jySSH5TPU7/4J8VEvQ+eD3x IehsMaBcE42Z0I8okcyUd8UF90gsHkh44H+nMRRQL085O5OC7ZczG153NtkIgfeAsn9c OvZAewDVUn6cXYyL9S+ueDRDBioZIm27thnSyzu5qJXwllButfbDGDsrJp+YBgtPB25k LL39b0myf2vZRVuuRqetp4FOiFIjOBoJ/RQbyUfG3T/iIcuVsY1aH44+H2ihW0FP3wyT sg== Received: from dc5-exch02.marvell.com ([199.233.59.182]) by mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com (PPS) with ESMTPS id 3pcjxc8rkw-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:30:23 -0700 Received: from DC5-EXCH02.marvell.com (10.69.176.39) by DC5-EXCH02.marvell.com (10.69.176.39) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1497.42; Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:30:21 -0700 Received: from maili.marvell.com (10.69.176.80) by DC5-EXCH02.marvell.com (10.69.176.39) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.0.1497.42 via Frontend Transport; Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:30:21 -0700 Received: from jerin-lab.marvell.com (jerin-lab.marvell.com [10.28.34.14]) by maili.marvell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C09FE3F7064; Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:30:18 -0700 (PDT) From: To: CC: , , , , , , Jerin Jacob Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation notice to remove net/bnx2x driver Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:00:11 +0530 Message-ID: <20230317123011.3146170-1-jerinj@marvell.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.40.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Proofpoint-GUID: wmY_k8iAavj5kHwLsvayxuTdoIBb3za- X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: wmY_k8iAavj5kHwLsvayxuTdoIBb3za- X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.254,Aquarius:18.0.942,Hydra:6.0.573,FMLib:17.11.170.22 definitions=2023-03-17_08,2023-03-16_02,2023-02-09_01 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org From: Jerin Jacob Starting from DPDK 23.07, the Marvell QLogic bnx2x driver will be removed. This decision has been made to alleviate the burden of maintaining a discontinued product. Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob Acked-by: Alok Prasad Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit --- 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 872847e938..d3d8d0011c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -135,3 +135,6 @@ Deprecation Notices Its removal has been postponed to let potential users report interest in maintaining it. In the absence of such interest, this library will be removed in DPDK 23.11. + +* net/bnx2x: Starting from DPDK 23.07, the Marvell QLogic bnx2x driver will be removed. + This decision has been made to alleviate the burden of maintaining a discontinued product.