From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ferruh Yigit Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] doc: add distributor library API change notice Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 14:20:15 +0000 Message-ID: <0b17338f-4453-5ca5-06b8-2e8c9d972680@intel.com> References: <1486368509-59989-1-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bruce.richardson@intel.com To: David Hunt , dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga06.intel.com (mga06.intel.com [134.134.136.31]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B5DF95F for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2017 15:20:18 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <1486368509-59989-1-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 2/6/2017 8:08 AM, David Hunt wrote: > Given that the packet distributor library improvements (1) will > not be in 17.02, I plan on doing some consolidation of the > API for burst operation for 17.05, merging the two api's into > one, with options for single or burst operation. > > (1) http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/19911/ > > Signed-off-by: David Hunt > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 755dc65..925e156 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ Deprecation Notices > and will be removed in 17.02. > It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions. > > +* lib: distributor library API will be changed to incorporate a burst- > + oriented API. This will include a change to ``rte_distributor_create`` > + to specify which type of instance to create (single or burst), and > + additional calls for ``rte_poll_pkt_burst`` and ``rte_return_pkt_burst``, > + among others. Should new APIs (rte_poll_pkt_burst & rte_return_pkt_burst) have "rte_distributor_" name space? Apart from this: Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit