From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f48.google.com (mail-wm0-f48.google.com [74.125.82.48]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8819410C49 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:52:05 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f48.google.com with SMTP id a197so150350928wmd.0 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 06:52:05 -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=PgiJgcLtn2bJVCBlCA4TzuP86ydbS+Ueqd46c2WMzyESJUeUfOXYrmA6uREpUBJ+BD W3OSdRlwhhUoRXveCcy5Vav8cJ9mGI1giXMIflqRnV1l27vaQi2fOYY1vyCdW6L9bhY4 2KDafJ0jiwxj+/8AynJAFTNC/60P1HuD+wzn+ldjop8NcCvgzxvKLBuT7HJtekHgQJsH A7ce2AJBoEM4HKIuMYM/kRXItjH3UjU8K3Y/pUS6Dl7PAp0SF2LdlgaZvNvibACb2kmJ LRj8K41K1MaB8tdqknsQfSg+4gesJa7jbFuvlsNYw/0844B+vhEL97Lk6GfyzQH0IFg7 cuhQ== 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=SJzdggBHaKdQm3C+pXNcvvusNy+ZMr2rqphwVIjPtUAEkIFd1XCZVAf0X/rNfX6gKV cdn/XN3QExJY7qsiTKWaLGkXCLs1F2tt0+BsqVIQfvSDOcbS4iME1OgiYOXiVNwTn199 cw57WCnPexPUIv5jviDRs/QgLTintm9FN7blBi8XgAu9lZLpj1qNCArSpKebo9I8B+Ry 29c40X8CApAluRmRGuL4NJNGV34VKTpe0f5l7t1cddLNM33g64bPovgJR3tbpKFHitSX LXApfTRFn3bT4euWb6XNpX2fRJqviD4/5Ubew7Sv/MrmNVTuue/vTaGbGdog3chiIKFO EC1w== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKB5bfQaqL6D1vjGhfZICXRMjynEdUxX/Rci4YbFRCowIR9z97n981G39V/yiEOzBhN X-Received: by 10.28.109.2 with SMTP id i2mr7019811wmc.41.1482331924877; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 06:52:04 -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 cl6sm30933360wjc.10.2016.12.21.06.52.03 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 21 Dec 2016 06:52:04 -0800 (PST) From: Adrien Mazarguil To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:51:19 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 03/26] 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, List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:52:05 -0000 They are superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow).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