[PATCH v2 1/5] ethdev: support setting and querying RSS algorithm

[Jie Hai]

Hi, Stephen Hemminger

On 2023/9/6 23:10, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2023 15:46:03 +0800
> Jie Hai <haijie1 at huawei.com> wrote:
> 
>> Currently, rte_eth_rss_conf supports configuring and querying
>> rss hash functions, rss key and it's length, but not rss hash
>> algorithm.
>>
>> The structure ``rte_eth_rss_conf`` is extended by adding a new
>> field "func". This represents the RSS algorithms to apply. The
>> following API is affected:
>> 	- rte_eth_dev_configure
>> 	- rte_eth_dev_rss_hash_update
>> 	- rte_eth_dev_rss_hash_conf_get
>>
>> If the value of "func" used for configuration is a gibberish
>> value, report the error and return. Do the same for
>> rte_eth_dev_rss_hash_update and rte_eth_dev_configure.
>>
>> To check whether the drivers report the "func" field, it is set
>> to default value before querying.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jie Hai <haijie1 at huawei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Dongdong Liu <liudongdong3 at huawei.com>
> 
> This is unannounced API/ABI change.
Thanks for pointing that. I'm sorry I didn't pay attention to this before.
What should I do with this set of patches?
Is it feasible to send annouce now?
> 
> .

Thanks,
Jie Hai