From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24BE2C39A for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:48:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Jun 2015 22:48:27 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,630,1427785200"; d="scan'208";a="509585383" Received: from shvmail01.sh.intel.com ([10.239.29.42]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Jun 2015 22:48:26 -0700 Received: from shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (shecgisg004.sh.intel.com [10.239.29.89]) by shvmail01.sh.intel.com with ESMTP id t5H5mO6O020873; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:48:24 +0800 Received: from shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id t5H5mLsg014288; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:48:23 +0800 Received: (from hzhan75@localhost) by shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id t5H5mKtE014284; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:48:20 +0800 From: Helin Zhang To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:48:19 +0800 Message-Id: <1434520099-14251-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI changes planned for unified packet type X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:48:28 -0000 The significant ABI changes are planned for unified packet type which will be supported from release 2.2. Here announces that ABI changes in detail. Signed-off-by: Helin Zhang --- doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst index f00a6ee..6bbb6ed 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Examples of Deprecation Notices Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* Significant ABI changes are planned for struct rte_mbuf, and several PKT_RX_ flags will be removed, to support unified packet type from release 2.2. The upcoming release 2.1 will not have those changes. There is no backward compatibility planned from release 2.2. All binaries will need to be rebuilt from release 2.2. -- 1.9.3