[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] ethdev: remove old flow director API

[Venky Venkatesan]

On 04/20/2015 09:33 AM, Neil Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 04:11:43PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> It's time to remove this old API.
>> It seems some work is still needed to rely only on eth_ctrl API.
>> At least ixgbe, i40e and testpmd must be fixed.
>> Jingjing, do you think it's possible to remove all these structures
>> from rte_ethdev.h?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
> NAK.
>
> I'm certainly not opposed to removing the API's if they are truly no longer
> needed.  But they have been codified as part of the ABI, so the deprecation
> schedule needs to be followed.  Given what you've said above, it seems like that
> might be worthwhile anyway, as it will provide the needed runway to allow users
> to convert to the new API.
>
> Neil
+1 NAK. Agree with Neil.