We are waiting for an ack here.
02/06/2023 09:52, Julien Aube:
> This is an offer to maintain the code for bnx2x-based
> cards. It may not be possible on the long run due to
> the old design of this chipset.
>
> Note that I'm not affiliated with LSI nor Broadcom and
> do not have access to documentation or other NDA-based
> code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julien Aube <[email protected]>
> ---
> .mailmap | 1 +
> MAINTAINERS | 3 +--
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 ---
> 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
> index db85cc66c6..cb689ef751 100644
> --- a/.mailmap
> +++ b/.mailmap
> @@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ JP Lee <[email protected]>
> Juan Antonio Montesinos <[email protected]>
> Juhamatti Kuusisaari <[email protected]>
> Juho Snellman <[email protected]>
> +Julien Aube <[email protected]>
> Julien Castets <[email protected]>
> Julien Courtat <[email protected]>
> Julien Cretin <[email protected]>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index a5219926ab..563f8c56eb 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -940,8 +940,7 @@ F: drivers/net/pfe/
> F: doc/guides/nics/features/pfe.ini
>
> Marvell QLogic bnx2x
> -M: Rasesh Mody <[email protected]>
> -M: Shahed Shaikh <[email protected]>
> +M: Julien Aube <[email protected]>
> T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-net-mrvl
> F: drivers/net/bnx2x/
> F: doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index dcc1ca1696..6b7c644ef8 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
> The legacy actions should be removed
> once ``MODIFY_FIELD`` alternative is implemented in drivers.
>
> -* 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.
> -
> * net/liquidio: Remove LiquidIO ethdev driver.
> The LiquidIO product line has been substituted
> with CN9K/CN10K OCTEON product line smart NICs located in
> ``drivers/net/octeon_ep/``.
>
