On 15 Dec 2025, at 22:07, Ilya Maximets wrote:
> On 12/11/25 12:21 PM, Eelco Chaudron via dev wrote: >> The AVX512-optimized datapath features, including DPCLS lookups, >> action handling, miniflow extraction, and DPIF input processing, are >> being deprecated. >> >> These features have not been actively maintained upstream and there is >> no automated testing coverage for them. >> >> This notice deprecates support as of the v3.7 release, with the >> intention to remove it in the v3.8 release. >> >> Signed-off-by: Eelco Chaudron <[email protected]> >> --- >> Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst | 4 ++++ >> Documentation/topics/dpdk/bridge.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Documentation/topics/testing.rst | 4 ++++ >> NEWS | 6 +++++- >> acinclude.m4 | 8 ++++++++ >> 5 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > nit: We normally use 'NEWS' as an area in the subject line, as that's > the actual name of the file. > [...] >> --- a/NEWS >> +++ b/NEWS >> @@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ Post-v3.6.0 >> * New ovsdb_idl_txn_assert_read_only() interface to mark transactions >> as read-only and trigger assertion failure when application attempts >> to modify the database data through this transaction. >> - > > nit: Should keep two empty lines between sections. > >> + - Deprecation of support for running OVS with AVX512-specific features. >> + * Deprecate AVX512-based optimized DPCLS lookups. >> + * Deprecate AVX512-based optimized action handling. >> + * Deprecate AVX512-based optimized miniflow extraction. >> + * Deprecate AVX512-based optimized DPIF input processing. > > Maybe it would be better to word these in a "X s now deprecated" form? > Or even, "The following AVX512-specific features are now deprecated: ..." ? Thanks for the review Ilya, I’ll address all comments in v2. //Eelco _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
