From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B23F0182E for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2026 11:52:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C920840DD2; Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:52:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.7]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9740F40278 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:52:27 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1772797948; x=1804333948; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+tJOEEpB0vzaQu9nWK4RUz5BC+llIrtUwlIi1haCzX4=; b=ZJEGWN4TNSidY2TC0NGng+meEArQ5u+H/qly3F3ffKD9i2e77FBC96r8 jgBu2f3k0bnGDlcVXA5pug4zVq1semO9sLOcDnrhQv2+z/OyNeUp2wpja D4w8o982Zg0REmyz1cxPEm7VgpydBgL+pBIrmKN73lxyvR9Irps6s96uA 3Qf21iTxqydfu9FBwPYNjwumCxPLB4CTxqyc5SPJWJGPsc/QgKDoIiwOR UL0KuYwEtVdEPBEzP9LSyv6XF+APVz6c15Yz0I5/a02K6MzvSZfY79GTC gEBzIf/gyxWQTpMOMfpQdXYQCuJA+NXTIFtZIjdxyn6t2veu5qoW0VuUY Q==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: rQNXwhxrRQac+UtsJOvcvA== X-CSE-MsgGUID: Q6I3pLkwQ/iGEd7r/Cb76w== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11720"; a="99374633" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,104,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="99374633" Received: from orviesa008.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.148]) by fmvoesa101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 06 Mar 2026 03:52:24 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: LEXLku9gT4q+XD9FI2OV7Q== X-CSE-MsgGUID: ++VSmXbiR9y9gejDNANY4A== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,104,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="218982443" Received: from silpixa00401921.ir.intel.com ([10.20.224.96]) by orviesa008.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 06 Mar 2026 03:52:23 -0800 From: Ciara Loftus To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Ciara Loftus Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] doc: announce change to LLDP packet detection in iavf PMD Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 11:52:14 +0000 Message-ID: <20260306115214.467033-4-ciara.loftus@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 In-Reply-To: <20260306115214.467033-1-ciara.loftus@intel.com> References: <20260209152049.1640121-1-ciara.loftus@intel.com> <20260306115214.467033-1-ciara.loftus@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org The iavf PMD transmit paths currently use two methods to identify if an mbuf holds an LLDP packet: a dynamic mbuf field and the mbuf ptype. A future release will remove the dynamic mbuf field approach at which point the ptype will be the only approach used. Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index ac667e91a6..e450f9e56d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -139,3 +139,7 @@ Deprecation Notices * bus/vmbus: Starting DPDK 25.11, all the vmbus API defined in ``drivers/bus/vmbus/rte_bus_vmbus.h`` will become internal to DPDK. Those API functions are used internally by DPDK core and netvsc PMD. + +* net/iavf: The method of detecting an LLDP packet on the transmit path + in the iavf PMD will be changed. Instead of using either a dynamic mbuf + field or the mbuf ptype, only the mbuf ptype will be used. -- 2.43.0