[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for extending filtering support

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for extending filtering support

[Rahul Lakkireddy]

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 | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index f8a41dd..15e766d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -41,3 +41,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
   commands (such as RETA update in testpmd).  This should impact
   CMDLINE_PARSE_RESULT_BUFSIZE, STR_TOKEN_SIZE and RDLINE_BUF_SIZE.
   It should be integrated in release 2.3.
+
+* ABI changes are planned for rte_eth_ipv4_flow and rte_eth_ipv6_flow to
+  include more fields to be matched against. The release 2.2 does not
+  contain these ABI changes, but release 2.3 will.
+
+* ABI changes are planned for adding four new flow types. This impacts
+  RTE_ETH_FLOW_MAX. The release 2.2 does not contain these ABI changes,
+  but release 2.3 will.
-- 
2.5.3

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for extending filtering support

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-12-15 19:40, Rahul Lakkireddy:
> 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 | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index f8a41dd..15e766d 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -41,3 +41,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    commands (such as RETA update in testpmd).  This should impact
>    CMDLINE_PARSE_RESULT_BUFSIZE, STR_TOKEN_SIZE and RDLINE_BUF_SIZE.
>    It should be integrated in release 2.3.
> +
> +* ABI changes are planned for rte_eth_ipv4_flow and rte_eth_ipv6_flow to
> +  include more fields to be matched against. The release 2.2 does not
> +  contain these ABI changes, but release 2.3 will.
> +
> +* ABI changes are planned for adding four new flow types. This impacts
> +  RTE_ETH_FLOW_MAX. The release 2.2 does not contain these ABI changes,
> +  but release 2.3 will.

They were already other ABI changes planned for flow director.
So it doesn't hurt to merge this announce, and we'll with the coming patches
if the new flows can be accepted.

Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Applied