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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/3] doc: announce ABI change for filtering
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Hi Thomas,

I am preparing a v2 of this series where I will be accomodating some
more fields to be considered for filtering. However, if the overall
approach seems ok to everyone then, should I submit a separate patch
for this ABI change announcement ?


Thanks,
Rahul.

On Thursday, December 12/10/15, 2015 at 19:31:04 +0530, Rahul Lakkireddy wrote:
> Current filtering support will be enhanced to accommodate support
> for Chelsio T5 hardware filtering support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Sanghvi <kumaras@chelsio.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 1c7ab01..ca43b16 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ 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.
> +
> +* The filtering support will be changed to add a new packet filter
> +  flow, add a new behavior 'switch', add an ability to add mask
> +  for fields in each filter rule, and add an ability to pass extra
> +  arguments for the behavior taken to allow rewriting matched fields
> +  in filter rule.
> -- 
> 2.5.3
>