[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for librte_sched

[Dumitrescu, Cristian]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 10:22 PM
> To: Dumitrescu, Cristian
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Stephen Hemminger
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for librte_sched
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst
> index 9e98d62..a4d100b 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst
> @@ -34,3 +34,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    creates a dummy/empty malloc library to fulfill binaries with dynamic linking
>    dependencies on librte_malloc.so. Such dummy library will not be created
> from
>    release 2.2 so binaries will need to be rebuilt.
> +
> +* librte_sched (rte_sched.h): The scheduler hierarchy structure
> +  (rte_sched_port_hierarchy) will change to allow for a larger number of
> subport
> +  entries. The number of available traffic_classes and queues may also
> change.
> +  The mbuf structure element for sched hierarchy will also change from a
> single
> +  32 bit to a 64 bit structure.
> +
> +* librte_sched (rte_sched.h): The scheduler statistics structure will change
> +  to allow keeping track of RED actions.
> --
> 2.1.4

Hi Stephen,

Agree with both, how about the new clear flag to the stats read function, shall we add a separate note on this as well?

Thanks,
Cristian