I am trying to upgrade vpp20.09 with dpdk 22.11 from vpp20.09 with dpdk 21.11. So it is just DPDK i am trying to upgrade to 22.11.

I am encountering an issue with one of the structures. The structure struct rte_eth_fdir_conf fdir_conf; /**< FDIR configuration. DEPRECATED */ is deprecated in dpdk 22.11. 

while dealing with the vpp code: VPP/vpp-20.09/srcPatched/src/plugins/dpdk/device/common.c, there is a piece of code which has dependency to above structure.

if (xd->pmd == VNET_DPDK_PMD_I40E)
    {  
      if ((xd->flags & DPDK_DEVICE_FLAG_RX_FLOW_OFFLOAD) != 0)
        xd->port_conf.fdir_conf.mode = RTE_FDIR_MODE_PERFECT;
      else
        xd->port_conf.fdir_conf.mode = RTE_FDIR_MODE_NONE;
    }

while checking the vpp source of 23.02, i see above code from common.c (function dpdk_device_setup line 82) being removed.

After seeing the dpdk 22.11 release notes, the structure struct rte_eth_fdir_conf fdir_conf has moved to ethdev_driver.h which is internal and  not supposed to be used by the user.

so what is the alternative to this. Do i need to retain the above piece of code in my upgrade activity?

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