From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konstantin Ananyev Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/3] doc: ethdev ABI change deprecation notice Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:48:02 +0000 Message-ID: <1512139682-11114-4-git-send-email-konstantin.ananyev@intel.com> References: <1512139682-11114-1-git-send-email-konstantin.ananyev@intel.com> Cc: Konstantin Ananyev Return-path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85C52324B for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 15:48:11 +0100 (CET) To: dev@dpdk.org In-Reply-To: <1512139682-11114-1-git-send-email-konstantin.ananyev@intel.com> To: dev@dpdk.org List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ananyev --- 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 13e85432f..038b55fd5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* ethdev: an ABI changes for ``rte_ethdev`` are planned in v18.05. + The size and layout of struct rte_eth_dev will change. + Mainly to accommodate queue specific RX/TX function pointers, plus + reorganize RX/TX callback related information. + * eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v18.02. The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype`` -- 2.13.5