[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: deprecate legacy filter API

[Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran]

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> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: deprecate legacy filter API
> 
> Wednesday, April 17, 2019 3:36 AM, Thomas Monjalon:
> > Subject: [PATCH] ethdev: deprecate legacy filter API
> >
> > As stated in the deprecation notice from December 2016, "the legacy
> > filter API, including rte_eth_dev_filter_supported(),
> > rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl() as well as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE,
> > FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR, HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is superseded
> > by the generic flow API (rte_flow)".
> >
> > After a long wait of more than two years, the legacy filter API is
> > marked as deprecated, while still tested with testpmd and the
> > tep_termination example.
> >
> > The next step will be to announce a deadline for complete removal.
> > As preparation of the removal of rte_eth_ctrl.h, RTE_ETH_FLOW_*,
> > RTE_TUNNEL_TYPE_* and RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_* definitions are
> moved to
> > rte_ethdev.h and rte_flow.h.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> 
> Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>

Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>