From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D58EFFA for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 17:58:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Jul 2015 08:58:22 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.15,432,1432623600"; d="scan'208";a="520875044" Received: from kmsmsx153.gar.corp.intel.com ([172.21.73.88]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Jul 2015 08:58:21 -0700 Received: from shsmsx101.ccr.corp.intel.com (10.239.4.153) by KMSMSX153.gar.corp.intel.com (172.21.73.88) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.224.2; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 23:58:20 +0800 Received: from shsmsx104.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.5.129]) by SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.1.246]) with mapi id 14.03.0224.002; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 23:58:18 +0800 From: "Zhang, Helin" To: "nhorman@tuxdriver.com" Thread-Topic: [PATCH v3] doc: announce ABI changes planned for unified packet type Thread-Index: AQHQuNy6iOwNcDly4EWNwYGRAG5/DJ3Ru+Jg Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 15:58:17 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1435913354-20129-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> <1436291120-9547-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <1436291120-9547-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.239.127.40] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: announce ABI changes planned for unified packet type X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:58:23 -0000 Hi Neil Please review it and ack it, if no objections! Thank you very much in advan= ce! - Helin > -----Original Message----- > From: Zhang, Helin > Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 10:45 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Liu, Jijiang; Wu, Jingjing; nhorman@tuxdriver.com; Zhang, Helin > Subject: [PATCH v3] doc: announce ABI changes planned for unified packet = type >=20 > The significant ABI changes of all shared libraries are planned to suppor= t unified > packet type which will be taken effect from release 2.2. Here announces t= hat ABI > changes in detail. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Helin Zhang > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >=20 > v2 changes: > * Added 'struct rte_kni_mbuf' to the ABI change announcement. >=20 > v3 changes: > * Re-worded the ABI change announcement, as the ABI changes will be > taken effect from release 2.1 for static libraries, and from > release 2.2 for shared libraries. >=20 > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst = index > 110c486..9f8a9b3 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/abi.rst > @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Examples of Deprecation Notices >=20 > Deprecation Notices > ------------------- > +* Significant ABI changes are planned for struct rte_mbuf, struct rte_kn= i_mbuf, > and several PKT_RX_ flags will be removed, to support unified packet type= from > release 2.1. The upcoming release 2.1 will have those changes for static = libraries > only, while have no change for shared libraries by default. Those changes= will be > taken effect for shared libraries from release 2.2. There is no backward > compatibility planned from release 2.2. All binaries will need to be rebu= ilt from > release 2.2. > -- > 1.9.3