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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: add distributor library API change
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On 2/6/2017 8:08 AM, David Hunt wrote:
> Given that the packet distributor library improvements (1) will
> not be in 17.02, I plan on doing some consolidation of the
> API for burst operation for 17.05, merging the two api's into
> one, with options for single or burst operation.
> 
> (1) http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/19911/
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 755dc65..925e156 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    and will be removed in 17.02.
>    It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
>  
> +* lib: distributor library API will be changed to incorporate a burst-
> +  oriented API. This will include a change to ``rte_distributor_create``
> +  to specify which type of instance to create (single or burst), and
> +  additional calls for ``rte_poll_pkt_burst`` and ``rte_return_pkt_burst``,
> +  among others.

Should new APIs (rte_poll_pkt_burst & rte_return_pkt_burst) have
"rte_distributor_" name space? Apart from this:

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>