Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce deprecation of flow copy function

[Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>]

-----Original Message-----
> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 16:37:52 +0200
> From: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
> To: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>, Ferruh Yigit
>  <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>, Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce deprecation of flow copy function
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> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Cc: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Cc: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>


Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>

> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 14714fe94..05c77da65 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -68,3 +68,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed;
>    - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed;
>    - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed.
> +
> +* ethdev: flow API function ``rte_flow_copy()`` will be deprecated in v18.11
> +  in favor of ``rte_flow_conv()`` (which will appear in that version) and
> +  subsequently removed for v19.02.
> +
> +  This is due to a lack of flexibility and reliance on a type unusable with
> +  C++ programs (struct rte_flow_desc).
> --
> 2.11.0