From 7ca1e39af2160e85fe178b6d73e2e48fe2dde83c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrien Mazarguil Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 16:37:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce deprecation of flow copy function Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin Acked-by: Jerin Jacob --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index fe38fac65a..230f0cc621 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -85,3 +85,10 @@ Deprecation Notices - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed; - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed; - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed. + +* ethdev: flow API function ``rte_flow_copy()`` will be deprecated in v18.11 + in favor of ``rte_flow_conv()`` (which will appear in that version) and + subsequently removed for v19.02. + + This is due to a lack of flexibility and reliance on a type unusable with + C++ programs (struct rte_flow_desc). -- 2.20.1