From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CF225599 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2016 05:18:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Oct 2016 20:18:35 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.31,316,1473145200"; d="scan'208";a="770471411" Received: from dpdk7.bj.intel.com ([172.16.182.76]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Oct 2016 20:18:35 -0700 From: Qiming Yang To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Qiming Yang Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 11:16:42 +0800 Message-Id: <1475983002-72869-1-git-send-email-qiming.yang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for ethtool app enhance 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: Sun, 09 Oct 2016 03:18:36 -0000 This patch adds a notice that the ABI change for ethtool app to get the NIC firmware version in the 17.02 release. Signed-off-by: Qiming Yang --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 845d2aa..60bd7ed 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -62,3 +62,7 @@ Deprecation Notices * API will change for ``rte_port_source_params`` and ``rte_port_sink_params`` structures. The member ``file_name`` data type will be changed from ``char *`` to ``const char *``. This change targets release 16.11. + +* In 17.02 ABI change is planned: the ``rte_eth_dev_info`` structure + will be extended with a new member ``fw_version`` in order to store + the NIC firmware version. -- 2.7.4