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 ED73BA254 for ; Thu, 19 May 2016 16:18:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 May 2016 07:18:36 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.26,334,1459839600"; d="scan'208";a="106890797" Received: from sie-lab-212-033.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa00383881.ir.intel.com) ([10.237.212.33]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 May 2016 07:18:36 -0700 From: Fan Zhang To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 15:18:35 +0100 Message-Id: <1463667515-11766-1-git-send-email-roy.fan.zhang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.5 In-Reply-To: <1463404710-25146-1-git-send-email-roy.fan.zhang@intel.com> References: <1463404710-25146-1-git-send-email-roy.fan.zhang@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce ABI change of struct rte_port_source_params and rte_port_sink_params 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, 19 May 2016 14:18:38 -0000 The ABI changes are planned for rte_port_source_params and rte_port_sink_params, which will be supported from release 16.11. Here announces that ABI changes in detail. Signed-off-by: Fan Zhang Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index fffe9c7..4f3fefe 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -74,3 +74,11 @@ Deprecation Notices a handle, like the way kernel exposes an fd to user for locating a specific file, and to keep all major structures internally, so that we are likely to be free from ABI violations in future. + +* ABI will change for rte_port_source_params struct. The member file_name + data type will be changed from char * to const char *. This change targets + release 16.11 + +* ABI will change for rte_port_sink_params struct. The member file_name + data type will be changed from char * to const char *. This change targets + release 16.11 -- 2.5.5