eal: deprecate device attach and detach functions

Hotplug functions should be used directly to add and remove devices.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 32c035e..87be8d6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Function ``rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name()`` may be used to find
   identifier of the added port.
 
+* eal: In v18.11 ``rte_eal_dev_attach()`` and ``rte_eal_dev_detach()``
+  will be removed.
+  Hotplug functions ``rte_eal_hotplug_add()`` and ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove()``
+  should be used directly.
+
 * pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure
   are expected in subsequent release.
 

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
index a603f48..b80a805 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ struct rte_device {
  * @return
  *   0 on success, negative on error.
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 int rte_eal_dev_attach(const char *name, const char *devargs);
 
 /**
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ int rte_eal_dev_attach(const char *name, const char *devargs);
  * @return
  *   0 on success, negative on error.
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 int rte_eal_dev_detach(struct rte_device *dev);
 
 /**