From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f51.google.com (mail-wm0-f51.google.com [74.125.82.51]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D4F6F60E for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:25:42 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f51.google.com with SMTP id f82so40841613wmf.1 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:25:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references; bh=iEMJr485F0R69qgiCvX6tJ+T73VJBr5eoiVV+5/wnlM=; b=1yoQjtuCGbVfRP33vBwxUFmRFZwKkCcRR8A683AgrrTK4tq/tcpwTCjNCZ5B7jR5eF ZCmDo2+7FuzYA/TLHVIwRTUHJm5FxTgoDCvFU3ombskauEkClL30kk/AzkUe7oRIOrri ut2TRstjnZ85R/n+71jYiylUTP4Gx7oG1NJm2cluhDcvpwa8Fn6ZYvjXmbGsUvKYjkOy 3tg2zKt1QK8EVDhcB9WqVKTzlPF9XFEyEntVec5/X6aE/UJ4rRovaFejK9zV183aJL5i +yphCigQ46j/VE+3EZxmmotgW963h2y3fu30OA56xGuNnSP79fshMc9SJRd6PqamQ6XH 0/lQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references; bh=iEMJr485F0R69qgiCvX6tJ+T73VJBr5eoiVV+5/wnlM=; b=cmCm0ixg5ZyMIZiTqR+a4uXMo5B6cTPO94cBQrLYpnVL03rPfPcwI/7Ke0YAftUg+H 4JgdW8nNT+QqH0UzYkWn6gKQWrVeKQP7xJNbkN/oW6Cqy0vw/1NEiJ0q05nU6uzPLEHu //Iol2WUrbz5Nl5PUhOR20MiQPD5JZ6bPdSiWhzV/M8rF6vdjMQDR2FVvCbY8mBc0wZS YZ+NQ9+VI3Mw4P5c/mTgjmqS0x1UaxQWmpMV49OpSUuDHbIvtT5HZOdN9sD2u/z/uY1s gMChbYlhDhq7Zkn3pc/SkpEHGaraqzChobg7cqBF40g0iqlVXf3+bqrMYqSltiEfNlQ2 gLMA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXL3oCSpTG3Uy4XOn6EnZt66j1eg8CcRYiuyDoQk/ginHikmwgflJS2muOVYRLa+0kiP X-Received: by 10.28.128.198 with SMTP id b189mr3754308wmd.105.1481905542141; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:25:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from 6wind.com (guy78-3-82-239-227-177.fbx.proxad.net. [82.239.227.177]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j1sm7483362wjm.26.2016.12.16.08.25.41 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:25:41 -0800 (PST) From: Adrien Mazarguil To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:25:00 +0100 Message-Id: <0bb1ee6fb4f4f4193658a71275ec1e2027282f05.1481903839.git.adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/25] doc: announce depreciation of legacy filter types X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 16:25:42 -0000 They are superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow). Target release is not defined yet. Suggested-by: Kevin Traynor Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil --- 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 2d17bc6..4819078 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -71,3 +71,10 @@ Deprecation Notices * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated and will be removed in 17.02. It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions. + +* ethdev: the legacy filter API, including rte_eth_dev_filter_supported(), + rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl() as well as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, + FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR, HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is superseded by + the generic flow API (rte_flow) in PMDs that implement the latter. + Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most + PMDs have switched to rte_flow. -- 2.1.4