From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A19E45683; Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:40:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE1F940DF5; Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:40:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD9814028B for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:40:19 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1721670019; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uhpcdK1eHT1mYQ13FWwP1eZuzOc8iyQWnPJ9Lg4Zzhw=; b=esSDW82nbKx5ZoetE5uzv5S8kaV3JwI+0nKQtB4lySj6Ko8+Ew6+1Lwz+7LUv95G9kM92L ccBOZNtq+qDdiF2rYbZul1qXTJhApogpfvYNvEz0QpokV7FtpPdR9v73dDsA1osyaGu8Ne X2dF3g9WficnTC2P+cFuTl+j1aElQU4= Received: from mx-prod-mc-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-633-yEYm0tZuNiyu9_3JFnCaTA-1; Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:40:16 -0400 X-MC-Unique: yEYm0tZuNiyu9_3JFnCaTA-1 Received: from mx-prod-int-04.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-04.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.40]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44E221955F3D; Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:40:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [10.39.208.10]) by mx-prod-int-04.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23D43195605F; Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:40:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Robin Jarry To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Bruce Richardson , =?UTF-8?q?Morten=20Br=C3=B8rup?= , Stephen Hemminger , Vladimir Medvedkin , Konstantin Ananyev Subject: [PATCH dpdk] rel_notes: announce 24.11 ipv6 api breakage Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:39:37 +0200 Message-ID: <20240722173936.24303-2-rjarry@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.40 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org In 24.11, all IPv6 public APIs will be modified to use a structure instead of fixed size arrays. Cc: Bruce Richardson Cc: Morten Brørup Cc: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Vladimir Medvedkin Cc: Konstantin Ananyev Signed-off-by: Robin Jarry --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 6948641ff69b..0d7da802382e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -147,3 +147,19 @@ Deprecation Notices will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release. Before this, the new port library API (functions rte_swx_port_*) will gradually transition from experimental to stable status. + +* net: A new IPv6 address structure will be introduced in DPDK 24.11. + It will replace all ad-hoc ``uint8_t[16]`` arrays in all public APIs and structures. + The following libraries are expected to be affected: + + - ethdev (rte_flow) + - fib + - gro (tcp6_flow_key) + - hash (rte_ipv6_tuple) + - ipsec (rte_ipsec_sadv6_key) + - lpm ( + - net (rte_ipv6_hdr) + - node + - pipeline (rte_table_action_ipv6_header) + - rib + - table (rte_table_lpm_ipv6_key) -- 2.45.2