From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga12.intel.com (mga12.intel.com [192.55.52.136]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0ED41B429 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:09:12 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Nov 2018 04:09:11 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.56,265,1539673200"; d="scan'208";a="88390689" Received: from sivswdev01.ir.intel.com (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([10.237.217.45]) by fmsmga008.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2018 04:09:10 -0800 From: Ian Stokes To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: stephen@networkplumber.org, arybchenko@solarflare.com, Ian Stokes Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:09:09 +0000 Message-Id: <1542888549-24656-1-git-send-email-ian.stokes@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0.7 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/1] doc: announce ethdev ABI change for rte_eth_dev_info. X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:09:13 -0000 Maximum and minimum MTU values vary between hardware devices. In hardware agnostic DPDK applications access to such information would allow a more accurate way of validating and setting supported MTU values on a per device basis rather than using a defined default for all devices. The following solution was proposed: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-September/110959.html This patch adds a depreciation notice for ``rte_eth_dev_info`` as new members will be added to represent min and max MTU values. These can be added to fit a hole in the existing structure for amd64 but not for 32 bit, as such ABI change will occur as size of the structure will be impacted. Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 34b28234c..da2b1ce15 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ Deprecation Notices Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most PMDs have switched to rte_flow. +* ethdev: Maximum and minimum MTU values vary between hardware devices. In + hardware agnostic DPDK applications access to such information would allow + a more accurate way of validating and setting supported MTU values on a per + device basis rather than using a defined default for all devices. To + resolve this, the following members will be added to ``rte_eth_dev_info``. + Note: these can be added to fit a hole in the existing structure for amd64 + but not for 32 bit, as such ABI change will occur as size of the structure + will increase. + + - Member ``uint16_t min_mtu`` the minimum MTU allowed. + - Member ``uint16_t max_mtu`` the maximum MTU allowed. + * pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure are expected in subsequent release. -- 2.13.6