From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0C8511C5 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 2015 19:45:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 07 Jul 2015 10:45:28 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.15,425,1432623600"; d="scan'208";a="724465842" Received: from shvmail01.sh.intel.com ([10.239.29.42]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 07 Jul 2015 10:45:27 -0700 Received: from shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (shecgisg004.sh.intel.com [10.239.29.89]) by shvmail01.sh.intel.com with ESMTP id t67HjPMS031862; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 01:45:25 +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 t67HjMPG009582; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 01:45:24 +0800 Received: (from hzhan75@localhost) by shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id t67HjLNi009578; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 01:45:21 +0800 From: Helin Zhang To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 01:45:20 +0800 Message-Id: <1436291120-9547-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 In-Reply-To: <1435913354-20129-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> References: <1435913354-20129-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] 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: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:45:54 -0000 The significant ABI changes of all shared libraries are planned to support unified packet type which will be taken effect 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. v3 changes: * Re-worded the ABI change announcement, as the ABI changes will be taken effect from release 2.1 for static libraries, and from release 2.2 for shared libraries. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst index 110c486..9f8a9b3 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 2.1. The upcoming release 2.1 will have those changes for static libraries only, while have no change for shared libraries by default. Those changes will be taken effect for shared libraries from release 2.2. There is no backward compatibility planned from release 2.2. All binaries will need to be rebuilt from release 2.2. -- 1.9.3