[RFC v3 0/2] add API to set process to active or standby

[Rongwei Liu]

Set the rte_eth process to the active or standby role that affects
the flow rules offloading which is userful when switching DPDK to a
different version.

v3: Use active/standby words to distinguish.
    Add new device capability bit.
v2: Add more sentences to describe group concepts and define group 0 as
    root group for traffic to search a hit rule.

Rongwei Liu (2):
  ethdev: add group description
  ethdev: add API to set process to active or standby

 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst               | 10 ++++
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.rst |  5 ++
 lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h             | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c                | 41 +++++++++++++++++
 lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h                |  7 ++-
 lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h                  | 15 ++++++
 lib/ethdev/version.map                 |  3 ++
 7 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.27.0