[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce changes to eventdev library

[Gujjar, Abhinandan S]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 9:43 AM
> To: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>; Gujjar, Abhinandan S
> <abhinandan.gujjar at intel.com>; Carrillo, Erik G <erik.g.carrillo at intel.com>;
> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren at intel.com>; Hemant Agrawal
> <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>; McDaniel, Timothy
> <timothy.mcdaniel at intel.com>; Liang Ma <liang.j.ma at intel.com>;
> Jayatheerthan, Jay <jay.jayatheerthan at intel.com>
> Cc: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>; Ray Kinsella <mdr at ashroe.eu>; dpdk-
> dev <dev at dpdk.org>; mattias.ronnblom
> <mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce changes to eventdev
> library
> 
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 2:46 AM <pbhagavatula at marvell.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> >
> > Make driver layer as internal, remove unnecessary rte_ prefix for
> > structures and functions that are not a part of public API.
> > Promote experimental trace and vector APIs to stable.
> > Add reserved field to `rte_event_timer` structure.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> 
> 
> ++ Eventdev driver Maintainers.
> 
> This list is based on items identified for 21.11 ABI improvement at
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1betlC000ua5SsSiJIcC54mCCCJnW
> 6voH5Dqv9UxeyfE/edit#gid=0
> 
> 
> > ---
> >  v2 Changes:
> >  - Fix build issues.
> >
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 11 +++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index d9c0e65921..6ac321eb1e 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -158,3 +158,14 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >  * security: The functions ``rte_security_set_pkt_metadata`` and
> >    ``rte_security_get_userdata`` will be made inline functions and additional
> >    flags will be added in structure ``rte_security_ctx`` in DPDK 21.11.
> > +
> > +* eventdev: The file ``rte_eventdev_pmd.h`` will be renamed to
> > +``eventdev_driver.h``
> > +  to make the driver interface as internal and the structures
> > +``rte_eventdev_data``,
> > +  ``rte_eventdev`` and ``rte_eventdevs`` will be moved to a new file
> > +named
> > +  ``rte_eventdev_core.h`` in DPDK 21.11.
> > +  The ``rte_`` prefix for internal structures and functions will be
> > +removed across the
> > +  library.
> > +  The experimental eventdev trace APIs and
> > +``rte_event_vector_pool_create``,
> > +  ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits_get`` will be promoted to
> stable.
> > +  An 8byte reserved field will be added to the structure
> > +``rte_event_timer`` to
> > +  support future extensions.
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >
Acked-by: Abhinandan Gujjar <abhinandan.gujjar at intel.com>