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 25D85F4368B for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:56:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E819340666; Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:56:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [198.175.65.11]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C593402B2 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:56:31 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1776423392; x=1807959392; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=HfotPmSrL1txFKd+X4xmZi8DTKZdwdKQqR9YCaQ3pZ8=; b=XioGMbDKbWqZo6IZW2FYeY1GCrGi5B+uHmOWG1AoGy/a4clqQw7BegK1 yfM57NjbD003KjK2Oyl63IqDdIIY4R/J33hEUSPU/ROOdERTIFo7wvxjV O+7/pbfGWCrdNf+5gt8fSIhrldjjV1TdYKbRU6LUpyD8TuTqHp6qvg+lz RLB0P8YJc1RXR9A34TzEAnQQX6/CwS8I274eIMSxJ1n+8yzWGf/jxwHl+ 4haLbfyf8Js3TC8dfx1adupeZHAp5xXS9iAcdo/Zf7YitBm6ls6FXd3fM 0AtA+tNkN/a45XPEo9MoGGEpdfXpwcIEv1KsZfmRzOsbWiCaQfA9+MfIi A==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: Agkzlbe/RNi3YMtAHj6gSw== X-CSE-MsgGUID: 297AY3FhQEK0Y1psT7KEWg== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11761"; a="87739762" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,184,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="87739762" Received: from fmviesa009.fm.intel.com ([10.60.135.149]) by orvoesa103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 17 Apr 2026 03:56:31 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: oQOA/+ZBR26MAEq2VHJezg== X-CSE-MsgGUID: 8+t0kf1uQaK4RTxFQHvbNA== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,184,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="224498019" Received: from silpixa00401921.ir.intel.com ([10.20.224.96]) by fmviesa009.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 17 Apr 2026 03:56:31 -0700 From: Ciara Loftus To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Ciara Loftus Subject: [PATCH v4 3/3] doc: announce change to LLDP packet detection in iavf PMD Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:56:10 +0000 Message-ID: <20260417105610.1161242-4-ciara.loftus@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 In-Reply-To: <20260417105610.1161242-1-ciara.loftus@intel.com> References: <20260417100804.1143121-1-ciara.loftus@intel.com> <20260417105610.1161242-1-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. The ptype method is enabled via the enable_ptype_lldp devarg. 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 35c9b4e06c..17f90a6352 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -154,3 +154,7 @@ 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 dynamic mbuf field used to detect LLDP packets on the + transmit path in the iavf PMD will be removed in a future release. + After removal, only packet type-based detection will be supported. -- 2.43.0