[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce GENEVE header options support

Viacheslav Ovsiienko viacheslavo at mellanox.com
Mon Aug 3 14:53:20 CEST 2020


In order to add support of the GENEVE header variable length
options the rte_flow_item_geneve_option item will be introduced:

struct rte_flow_item_geneve_option {
    rte_be16_t option_class;
    uint8_t option_type:7;
    uint8_t critical:1;
    uint8_t length:5;
    uint8_t rsvd0:3;
    uint8_t data[];
};

This option (one or multiple) must follow the rte_flow_item_geneve
item and provide the pattern to match with GENEVE header option.

Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at mellanox.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index cd700ae..b6bdb83 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Existing ``rte_eth_rx_descriptor_status`` and ``rte_eth_tx_descriptor_status``
   APIs can be used as replacement.
 
+* ethdev: in order to provide support of the GENEVE header variable length
+  options in rte_flow API the rte_flow_item_geneve_option item will be
+  introduced.
+
 * ethdev: Some internal APIs for driver usage are exported in the .map file.
   Now DPDK has ``__rte_internal`` marker so we can mark internal APIs and move
   them to the INTERNAL block in .map. Although these APIs are internal it will
-- 
1.8.3.1



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