[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: notice for changes in kni structures

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 5/3/2017 4:50 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 3 May 2017 17:01:31 +0530
> Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com> wrote:
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
>> ---
>>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> index a3e7c72..0c1ef2c 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> @@ -81,3 +81,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
>>  
>>    - ``rte_crpytodev_scheduler_mode_get``, replaced by ``rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_get``
>>    - ``rte_crpytodev_scheduler_mode_set``, replaced by ``rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_set``
>> +
>> +* kni: additional functionality is planned to be added in kni to support mtu, macaddr,
>> +  gso_size, promiscusity configuration.
>> +  some of the kni structure will be changed to support additional functionality
>> +  e.g  ``rte_kni_request`` to support promiscusity`` and mac_addr,
>> +  ``rte_kni_mbu`` to support the configured gso_size,
>> +  ``rte_kni_device_info`` and ``rte_kni_conf`` to also support mtu and macaddr.
> 
> Why are these exposed as something applications should care about?
> The data structures in rte_kni_common.h are not an API

+1,

rte_kni_common.h is a contract between user - kernel space, not part of API.