From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pa0-f42.google.com (mail-pa0-f42.google.com [209.85.220.42]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 006878E66 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 00:26:55 +0100 (CET) Received: by pacwq6 with SMTP id wq6so54714853pac.1 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:26:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id; bh=njd/+HCtVZwc+lxuv9MAhYmsWafhQ8Bzbm91Q7Zwpx0=; b=DyKlNj70Mw6QQJ0HIFkKqTj/aKNcg38zgJ/9YANstDE0MDFgemvOsxSel1DmUpGGqb YmeUmsASBKqZu6kQR9L7psOLSwRIPmTn6gRhc7FFSCsmbhQlg83fRG2oVFCHyNExDHnj 0+EMK/b36giSyGcPuW8vQsfSUMvKUrx47D95Fzb2WiyAMssnS+kGz+yA+R9ZKTaDNe82 yHF30HuAHZHoK2WddEBX7QthlZUwnfhglLDB5hemrD+5eQ6C1OcvQEivIS4uUVvlS05D 59Tzmgc8uH6ADwtyW+saTjWuyt0xN2WpNDYMI7M6woa9Nkm7fY/vW7zHMpqQ/kHLI23n S1Yg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id; bh=njd/+HCtVZwc+lxuv9MAhYmsWafhQ8Bzbm91Q7Zwpx0=; b=cSbAQAVyWO71hRdasIHCT6YTmlfzMVvs/vpvlOjHp7ftcr98YLuaMhM+AYfW9jYL4Z SlcwXsbxDTjWpENl6JJPl1jkdEP6AfP5OWRuQjJSmI6N53QzGdFaaeNQghxepNO2B2ZX Qw0DQ8nCSWXhZN7iNlVbLjB0GU9bSyb59p0Ypx/+hKIa4jCOC0/He4jPJGMvouA8+Q7u JU/IVou4x4egafM/EceIp7F8XMdtFqg+gBhVZg1M0m53ZlncgSKSO42eLcAvkuoyYLkA X0NU3l2eKJClc4eGy/GtCPKfd7wRrxCilpnoPYEHwIBQnwp9q+EZX70ZCTJMLc9JG0xC pVCg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQks8uG2G9iDCftalkwWJzmqDttfmU+84k+Vt1la8PtrFIPrRdXLmcAP3leajvJXSmut+33kH2G5QE52pOueS8JkyAH2gw== X-Received: by 10.66.162.9 with SMTP id xw9mr671681pab.46.1449790015187; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:26:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from xeon-e3.home.lan (static-50-53-82-155.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net. [50.53.82.155]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id sm8sm20982497pac.43.2015.12.10.15.26.54 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:26:54 -0800 (PST) From: Stephen Hemminger To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:27:02 -0800 Message-Id: <1449790022-24126-1-git-send-email-stephen@networkplumber.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API change for rte_ether.h 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: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:26:56 -0000 Plan to change to version of struct ether_addr in DPDK 2.3. The change in DPDK source is trivial but it will impact source compatablilty therefore notification is necessary. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 1c7ab01..8ecb990 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ Deprecation Notices and table action handlers will be updated: the pipeline parameter will be added, the packets mask parameter will be either removed (for input port action handler) or made input-only. + +* librte_ether: The structure ether_addr in DPDK will be replaced + by using the standard header file . The structure + size will be the same (no ABI impact), but the structure field name + will change from addr_bytes[] to ether_addr_octet[]. -- 2.1.4