On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 10:48 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com> wrote: > > 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.yi...@intel.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com> > --- > Cc: Olivier Matz Olivier Matz <olivier.m...@6wind.com> > Cc: David Marchand David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> > Cc: Stephen Hemminger Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > Cc: Elad Nachman <ela...@gmail.com> > Cc: Igor Ryzhov <iryz...@nfware.com> > Cc: Dan Gora <d...@adax.com> > > Dates are not discussed before, the patch aims to trigger a discussion > for the dates. > --- > doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 2 ++ > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > index f5a8b7c0782c..d1c5ccd0851d 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > @@ -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 > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 2262b8de6093..f20852504319 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -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 > -- > 2.31.1 >
