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 E068BCD5BD5 for ; Thu, 28 May 2026 18:19:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEF244021F; Thu, 28 May 2026 20:19:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fhigh-a8-smtp.messagingengine.com (fhigh-a8-smtp.messagingengine.com [103.168.172.159]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BE984003C for ; Thu, 28 May 2026 20:19:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from phl-compute-01.internal (phl-compute-01.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailfhigh.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id D29ED140010E; Thu, 28 May 2026 14:19:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phl-frontend-03 ([10.202.2.162]) by phl-compute-01.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 28 May 2026 14:19:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t=1779992358; x=1780078758; bh=NAeNz0UjeInXjj1mUpGubu2pt27PL4k9nzrmE06fDz8=; b= gFYAfoWs3i8GTRJbGWSNIBBPpHffDDjAbnuFjOYH5wpR5ss3DZrkSs8cyzgGX5q+ WMAm2yk2TR6F91GUR5vEtK2fKnQ1FDTHB6W+6NyVqgjXrlqAXe/mlj/d1Wy5PVmR /0IdYnUVm9Hu9TPNNJhpV9CoDKI7ZQHLAY0E7NT63/BFDM8Grac3dvGCbPE21xDl 3vgFzvj+vgf2fKHxmpnoNQ9z9VnLwwwURqXyVf7zvKgTIwChoB4hnPJnUYi7bYJZ o3RkiprMylwn1zMIfDZfAkZgnmVNCTrqv/0Cx/aHMARHYwcr6K5oZxh57snQ3SFB TVTrAzkMJhkTLTEtW3kRVQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t=1779992358; x= 1780078758; bh=NAeNz0UjeInXjj1mUpGubu2pt27PL4k9nzrmE06fDz8=; b=s h0mlILD07yfpC8g7Zc37gKoWV+r33ubfpvpn5XQJ6xWifL439AgmooKCMYOJUk9i 5xyRl+Vg6mukTSK6vg+ca0wJBCRfjCgomRBCReyaDkmvgBwEyoNgSXvlO5TtUMwm R/G3PdzNGnWvzum1Xf0WTikwCVHayWeUigByM/C8L8XNXyRLuGz6mWjmVPbv1Fak wDokiqKxEamKDoOhBGIs7Uz8t6CtzWc1SMVMWyTm67qLzp7eNEXT4Pt7eMxoF9/u s9Zx+N/JQLOTl6gwvcu8pEZly0lUja4930ugtRacaJf1m1X4cXlpEQpalQGJBkpp uhPTmfJEHaash7F6VRpTg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: dmFkZTGlCXNt8lvoYEQJwkI5hil6nuuZDUWQxfkYG1rqbcYy3D6I8U1hVetV3N0592ecOC /SJDg3bGysAoNqt9ThXJU3uUwoga2e8P1A8k25LUA4Yy3ZMg+4bUvcDrrKsuHNswlLx2AR ADxgxGQTk2Iz4XBgMDThcvuAn19Ylw841DG2NVfYj2DAI19mYlZ+sWBR+AKz4IPyK97Gd/ sDnWe5kMpx946FFW01XuxsRAhyFS3O5Q6qtoUV/PYFaO3apNlxEFUpb9AxHAXpUNAYWL7+ Ac0mcs8KhfAfCX2WYofzHvDIxdCfjk6X6JdfWHn0HXmLf3+/ca3zZ2tzz+SEPgUfT1Yta7 i2KadYdXg75YeXIUHV2k7wUgqrwxbIi8WrwFNP9v6Pbow7ZgngHvL4WKKWy4aTIW+48/De LIbA1PHcVVB+vtbSqxe2SHQLeKwvfMCehU47bl2ReTN9GNxvB91S5nPnT1qbeucmPuZG0V ze1HPnWRC2oAhYMDVZCXmnMLcrEjWv8A1bzbJ35wmhVDrUj3RIH4v4usjNb52Vne1DRdw9 qwTxztO2sQ49lERX6ifDASnItZEhDckUweOHzu5eQ8/uuaFZf2QwaFnZHAB/X+j8vo99RG 8gPPYlEfC1rStYvSzrZ3Vhem/x9uH2RfVGdLZ18+BDaQ7aG/sSIRKoBu0Maw X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 28 May 2026 14:19:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: announce removal of flow director Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 20:19:15 +0200 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20260528170059.155964-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> References: <20260528170059.155964-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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 28/05/2026 19:00, Stephen Hemminger: > There are still leftover bits in ethdev related to flow director (fdir). > Will be removing these in 26.11 so give final notice. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > --- > +* ethdev: The legacy filtering data structures in ``rte_eth_ctrl.h``, > + including the flow director (FDIR) types (``rte_eth_fdir_*``, ``rte_fdir_*``) > + and the ntuple/ethertype/SYN/tunnel/input-set filter types, are superseded > + by the ``rte_flow`` API and will be removed in DPDK 26.11. The associated > + driver-facing definitions in ``ethdev_driver.h`` (``RTE_ETH_FILTER_FDIR``, > + ``struct rte_eth_fdir_conf``, ``enum rte_eth_fdir_pballoc_type``, > + ``enum rte_fdir_status_mode``) will be removed at the same time. The problem is that some drivers rely on these structures for rte_flow. Note: this file is big, please keep it sorted by moving this close to other ethdev and flow deprecations.