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 DA9B5DE6 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 2015 10:49:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 03 Jul 2015 01:49:24 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.15,399,1432623600"; d="scan'208";a="755378098" Received: from shvmail01.sh.intel.com ([10.239.29.42]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 03 Jul 2015 01:49:21 -0700 Received: from shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (shecgisg004.sh.intel.com [10.239.29.89]) by shvmail01.sh.intel.com with ESMTP id t638nIlN016884; Fri, 3 Jul 2015 16:49:18 +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 t638nGHF020163; Fri, 3 Jul 2015 16:49:18 +0800 Received: (from hzhan75@localhost) by shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id t638nGwE020159; Fri, 3 Jul 2015 16:49:16 +0800 From: Helin Zhang To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 16:49:14 +0800 Message-Id: <1435913354-20129-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 In-Reply-To: <1434520099-14251-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> References: <1434520099-14251-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] 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: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 08:49:26 -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(+) v2 changes: * Added 'struct rte_kni_mbuf' to the ABI change announcement. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst index 110c486..4328367 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Examples of Deprecation Notices Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* Significant ABI changes are planned for struct rte_mbuf, struct rte_kni_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