Re: [PATCH] doc: announce changes to event vector structure

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

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11/07/2022 16:56, Jerin Jacob:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 5:01 PM <pbhagavatula@marvell.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> >
> > The structure ``rte_event_vector`` will be modified to include
> > ``elem_offset:12`` bits taken from ``rsvd:15``.
> > The ``elem_offset`` defines the offset into the vector array from
> > which valid elements are present.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> 
> 
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
> 
> 
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index 4e5b23c53d..d7933629f2 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -125,3 +125,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >    applications should be updated to use the ``dmadev`` library instead,
> >    with the underlying HW-functionality being provided by the ``ioat`` or
> >    ``idxd`` dma drivers
> > +
> > +* eventdev: The structure ``rte_event_vector`` will be modified to include
> > +  ``elem_offset:12`` bits taken from ``rsvd:15``. The ``elem_offset`` defines
> > +  the offset into the vector array from which valid elements are present.
> > +  The difference between ``rte_event_vector::nb_elem`` and
> > +  ``rte_event_vector::elem_offset`` gives the number of valid elements left to
> > +  process from the ``rte_event_vector::elem_offset``.
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
>