From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Hunt Subject: [PATCH v1] doc: add distributor library API change notice Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 08:08:29 +0000 Message-ID: <1486368509-59989-1-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> Cc: bruce.richardson@intel.com, David Hunt To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EFA32B84 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:07:36 +0100 (CET) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 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. + * ethdev: the legacy filter API, including ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR, -- 2.7.4