From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce API change for rte_ether.h Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:27:02 -0800 Message-ID: <1449790022-24126-1-git-send-email-stephen@networkplumber.org> To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mail-pa0-f42.google.com (mail-pa0-f42.google.com [209.85.220.42]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 006878E66 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 00:26:55 +0100 (CET) Received: by pacwq6 with SMTP id wq6so54714853pac.1 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:26:55 -0800 (PST) List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Plan to change to version of struct ether_addr in DPDK 2.3. The change in DPDK source is trivial but it will impact source compatablilty therefore notification is necessary. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 1c7ab01..8ecb990 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ Deprecation Notices and table action handlers will be updated: the pipeline parameter will be added, the packets mask parameter will be either removed (for input port action handler) or made input-only. + +* librte_ether: The structure ether_addr in DPDK will be replaced + by using the standard header file . The structure + size will be the same (no ABI impact), but the structure field name + will change from addr_bytes[] to ether_addr_octet[]. -- 2.1.4