The changes for the feature "Tx prepare" should be made in version 17.02.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Acked-by: Tomasz Kulasek <tomaszx.kulasek@intel.com>
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
Deprecation Notices
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-* In 16.11 ABI changes are planned: the ``rte_eth_dev`` structure will be
- extended with new function pointer ``tx_pkt_prep`` allowing verification
+* In 17.02 ABI changes are planned: the ``rte_eth_dev`` structure will be
+ extended with new function pointer ``tx_pkt_prepare`` allowing verification
and processing of packet burst to meet HW specific requirements before
transmit. Also new fields will be added to the ``rte_eth_desc_lim`` structure:
``nb_seg_max`` and ``nb_mtu_seg_max`` providing information about number of