[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 3/3] doc: ethdev ABI change deprecation notice

Kovacevic, Marko marko.kovacevic at intel.com
Tue Dec 12 15:55:59 CET 2017



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Konstantin Ananyev
> Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 2:48 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Ananyev, Konstantin <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 3/3] doc: ethdev ABI change deprecation notice
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 13e85432f..038b55fd5 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
>  Deprecation Notices
>  -------------------
> 
> +* ethdev: an ABI changes for ``rte_ethdev`` are planned in v18.05.
> +  The size and layout of struct rte_eth_dev will change.
> +  Mainly to accommodate queue specific RX/TX function pointers, plus
> +  reorganize RX/TX callback related information.
> +
>  * eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v18.02.
>    The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need
>    to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype``
> --
> 2.13.5

Acked-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic at intel.com>


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