Re: [PATCH] doc: announce dmadev new capability addition

[Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 6:19 PM Vamsi Attunuru <vattunuru@marvell.com> wrote:
>
> Announce addition of new capability flag and fields in

The new capability flag won't break ABI. We can mention only fields
update rte_dma_info and rte_dma_conf structures.

Another option is new set APIs for priority enablement.  The downside
is more code. All, opinions?


> rte_dma_info and rte_dma_conf structures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vamsi Attunuru <vattunuru@marvell.com>
> ---
> RFC:
> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20240729115558.263574-1-vattunuru@marvell.com/
>
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 6948641ff6..05d28473c0 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ 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.
> +
> +* dmadev: A new flag ``RTE_DMA_CAPA_QOS`` will be introduced to advertise
> +  dma device's QoS capability. Also new fields will be added in ``rte_dma_info``
> +  and ``rte_dma_conf`` structures to get device supported priority levels
> +  and to configure the required priority level.
> --
> 2.25.1
>