From: David Hunt Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 08:08:29 +0000 (+0000) Subject: doc: add distributor library API change notice X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~4493 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7a53028af5249c7d95b33bc9b5812dcc36cac0c4;p=dpdk.git doc: add distributor library API change notice Given that the packet distributor library improvements (1) will not be in 17.02, I plan on doing some consolidation of the API for burst operation for 17.05, merging the two api's into one, with options for single or burst operation. (1) http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/19911/ Signed-off-by: David Hunt Acked-by: Bruce Richardson Acked-by: Harry van Haaren Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f0b53292c3..97d87fd525 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -50,3 +50,9 @@ Deprecation Notices PMDs that implement the latter. Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most PMDs have switched to rte_flow. + +* distributor: library API will be changed to incorporate a burst-oriented + API. This will include a change to ``rte_distributor_create`` + to specify which type of instance to create (single or burst), and + additional calls for ``rte_distributor_poll_pkt_burst`` and + ``rte_distributor_return_pkt_burst``, among others.