[dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/3] doc: announce ABI change for filtering support
Rahul Lakkireddy
rahul.lakkireddy at chelsio.com
Tue Dec 15 09:40:50 CET 2015
Hi Thomas,
I am preparing a v2 of this series where I will be accomodating some
more fields to be considered for filtering. However, if the overall
approach seems ok to everyone then, should I submit a separate patch
for this ABI change announcement ?
Thanks,
Rahul.
On Thursday, December 12/10/15, 2015 at 19:31:04 +0530, Rahul Lakkireddy wrote:
> Current filtering support will be enhanced to accommodate support
> for Chelsio T5 hardware filtering support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy at chelsio.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Sanghvi <kumaras at chelsio.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 1c7ab01..ca43b16 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
> and table action handlers will be updated:
> the pipeline parameter will be added, the packets mask parameter will be
> either removed (for input port action handler) or made input-only.
> +
> +* The filtering support will be changed to add a new packet filter
> + flow, add a new behavior 'switch', add an ability to add mask
> + for fields in each filter rule, and add an ability to pass extra
> + arguments for the behavior taken to allow rewriting matched fields
> + in filter rule.
> --
> 2.5.3
>
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