From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f50.google.com (mail-wm0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2C1BFBD9 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:43:02 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f50.google.com with SMTP id t79so138524873wmt.0 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2016 10:43:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references; bh=htzW47bcvAJzHBnD2Ci4uQOXqUDEpRUKhniS9aGlb0k=; b=lX1nYddXWdLJhhda53E+b23kYnGKoYAOUx5NMO8QJvJQ6Oiiv7ux5HOQbgAezmYETu fb1GXnhAgX7KEXzNIlJksgJsaICB8PcRzvPtpfnQ3Y7dhfgC7mZDMxWB3t+Ks3Od/wrI LXwgZIMpVYXtejXFJbjqvMct0VFUtnfLUViIEvCUcX36cGq+Myc5M0g8F/G3VCPq3qMQ exaGjJ4FKtpQIq5uRa+ctp2Q5lFiP0DXaaLU1arfbS16ifyjdJTt5sGFx/s5Jc6Eo9vg bpKx25KN/dx/4xK+MtGk6V4sRtsG3JEmLWfvGAHwGiLrGiYAxlKIqIaNm0kj5H5kGfn8 QGWQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references; bh=htzW47bcvAJzHBnD2Ci4uQOXqUDEpRUKhniS9aGlb0k=; b=J1bOTKWnBhxaxdARkjZ3RLtLU1hDEvIQuy6zarBlwONzdVRkak2rJ8vg/y3lGSn0SJ aoow7Q4hR4UtxKJNdQekOr2ngp1VgI7KV0fG8SGthe18vcOr9OfR1JV6XY1Jau1Vb1I5 PXHq2IX9FQhG062BHKCpo5MzE5WYDe3zF8nnI/H1I3WRpF0Len805ol7j0R4BpE8MhWj Adx2D46srdaIGvZedbGym9901RTFvW+Rk1nBlzDJG3i8y6q5SfMpBs+T2FRFWOnaAeJT I5drHQFzwxtlvJJ3F4H9OOOcQJDQ/tFQiosKBKrhA4/tl9H4yzerVd+xJmFmhgWOYkn1 UwsA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXIfWqyY/e8yD/vbV71pma96jHXrfQhW3/KFz+YxUxJvKsSsTsAZUWESkl5eY2+HPb3m X-Received: by 10.28.37.70 with SMTP id l67mr3103428wml.128.1482259382281; Tue, 20 Dec 2016 10:43:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from 6wind.com (guy78-3-82-239-227-177.fbx.proxad.net. [82.239.227.177]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id xu5sm26766103wjc.49.2016.12.20.10.43.01 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 20 Dec 2016 10:43:01 -0800 (PST) From: Adrien Mazarguil To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:42:20 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/25] doc: announce deprecation of legacy filter types X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:43:02 -0000 They are superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow). Target release is not defined yet. Suggested-by: Kevin Traynor Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil Acked-by: Olga Shern --- 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 2d17bc6..1438c77 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -71,3 +71,11 @@ Deprecation Notices * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated and will be removed in 17.02. It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions. + +* ethdev: the legacy filter API, including + ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well + as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR, + HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow) in + PMDs that implement the latter. + Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most + PMDs have switched to rte_flow. -- 2.1.4