From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Maxime Coquelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: announce deprecation of flow copy function Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 16:35:38 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20180803143728.15817-1-adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon , Ferruh Yigit , Gaetan Rivet To: Adrien Mazarguil , Neil Horman Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6902C5 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2018 16:35:44 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20180803143728.15817-1-adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> Content-Language: en-US List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 08/03/2018 04:37 PM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote: > Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil > Cc: Thomas Monjalon > Cc: Ferruh Yigit > Cc: Gaetan Rivet > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 14714fe94..05c77da65 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -68,3 +68,10 @@ Deprecation Notices > - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed; > - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed; > - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed. > + > +* ethdev: flow API function ``rte_flow_copy()`` will be deprecated in v18.11 > + in favor of ``rte_flow_conv()`` (which will appear in that version) and > + subsequently removed for v19.02. > + > + This is due to a lack of flexibility and reliance on a type unusable with > + C++ programs (struct rte_flow_desc). > Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin