From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from proxy.6wind.com (host.76.145.23.62.rev.coltfrance.com [62.23.145.76]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81FDA2BDF for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 17:12:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from glumotte.dev.6wind.com (unknown [10.16.0.195]) by proxy.6wind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C430253DB; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 17:12:17 +0100 (CET) From: Olivier Matz To: dev@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 17:12:01 +0100 Message-Id: <1478707921-32509-1-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.8.1 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: postpone ABI changes for mbuf 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: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:12:30 -0000 Mbuf modifications are not ready for 16.11, postpone them to 17.02. Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 9f5fa55..1a9e1ae 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -15,16 +15,17 @@ Deprecation Notices ``nb_seg_max`` and ``nb_mtu_seg_max`` providing information about number of segments limit to be transmitted by device for TSO/non-TSO packets. -* ABI changes are planned for 16.11 in the ``rte_mbuf`` structure: some fields +* ABI changes are planned for 17.02 in the ``rte_mbuf`` structure: some fields may be reordered to facilitate the writing of ``data_off``, ``refcnt``, and ``nb_segs`` in one operation, because some platforms have an overhead if the store address is not naturally aligned. Other mbuf fields, such as the - ``port`` field, may be moved or removed as part of this mbuf work. + ``port`` field, may be moved or removed as part of this mbuf work. A + ``timestamp`` will also be added. * The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated and are respectively replaced by PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and - their behavior will be kept in 16.07 and will be removed in 16.11. + their behavior will be kept until 16.11 and will be removed in 17.02. * mempool: The functions ``rte_mempool_count`` and ``rte_mempool_free_count`` will be removed in 17.02. -- 2.8.1