From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f41.google.com (mail-wm0-f41.google.com [74.125.82.41]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC6DF96C for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:49:37 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f41.google.com with SMTP id f82so108244177wmf.1 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:49:37 -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=gaeU36jZt76bTg+Coo+ZnB+tAtjMMd+nPO0zouLCbrkQmvbqV5YoolCJy/ZjKxRPem f4y1ynss2E+q+AL7V6jhQl07B0K5YhCaTVKhpokZq/1OiUah/+1VdIJ8MezmuOOL7ynE eLcI5bLj21v6+J7Zc/5uqd3rHH0zKmEHSmtwwqVVVtycR6wJfJESd0kreDFT1Zzn7R/V lYIBGyiDSJ6znJtRd5uR2i0IuA+ARv3jd95MF7O4amqDrbR1OM5ogVYxawAXQJyhfUqt yjJ/XKuukj8L93h8sexyDlD1pmkuPDVr+cNOyq/NfjqCTt8mZFaPpVrJ+xOqbVROHqLA A1wA== 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=p4VSvCItaXOBMAnaurqRJE2aKkVA4pjD78ksfY+5tlZ3GlDVjTO++ttVtbjZi9Dtp0 4hhiC/WCnI5+28jr7zBdzUwVYGjQTYXT9PmJGjBqI0D4CU5jH0oJvtPepkCtJVMS+6H0 OfZfGRlieAxGfN3I296umZzVun96auqtF+ETq/IR+0p8IvXS671PJSFBImNITSec0M0O OMCjk1wrCnW0WygzieLSOsV6Bp8r7+GcJjYyrMchViKildEl/iObK33Ur4NbBP9E2jWP zh11aZQlBqc/AeqExcd52tLnBtHfa8Eycr0BKYyXeltJUD3VluJJPKzsSFA0cnKF7DFR WBeA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXIfVLtUDAnpAv5wo5SyKnL1lFqL9WTrNUasBFCwREqVp1QIVPbsG7KN8XVZ4miouKjD X-Received: by 10.28.140.136 with SMTP id o130mr15502933wmd.76.1482169777120; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:49:37 -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 g184sm18159384wme.23.2016.12.19.09.49.36 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:49:36 -0800 (PST) From: Adrien Mazarguil To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:48:53 +0100 Message-Id: <07036bd00eff8e797d7c18cf774c8972a947a994.1482168851.git.adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 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, List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:49:37 -0000 They are superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow).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