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

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/18/2019 6:58 PM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 5:37 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
>> 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 FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR, HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is superseded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: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>

    Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
    Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
    Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
    Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
    Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
    Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.