From: Olivier Matz Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 16:12:01 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: postpone ABI changes for mbuf X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~5339 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a4366ade74de491f008224bc2af2c75bea68e4a9;p=dpdk.git doc: postpone ABI changes for mbuf Mbuf modifications are not ready for 16.11, postpone them to 17.02. Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 9f5fa55ec1..1a9e1aec2f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -15,16 +15,17 @@ Deprecation Notices ``nb_seg_max`` and ``nb_mtu_seg_max`` providing information about number of segments limit to be transmitted by device for TSO/non-TSO packets. -* ABI changes are planned for 16.11 in the ``rte_mbuf`` structure: some fields +* ABI changes are planned for 17.02 in the ``rte_mbuf`` structure: some fields may be reordered to facilitate the writing of ``data_off``, ``refcnt``, and ``nb_segs`` in one operation, because some platforms have an overhead if the store address is not naturally aligned. Other mbuf fields, such as the - ``port`` field, may be moved or removed as part of this mbuf work. + ``port`` field, may be moved or removed as part of this mbuf work. A + ``timestamp`` will also be added. * The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated and are respectively replaced by PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and - their behavior will be kept in 16.07 and will be removed in 16.11. + their behavior will be kept until 16.11 and will be removed in 17.02. * mempool: The functions ``rte_mempool_count`` and ``rte_mempool_free_count`` will be removed in 17.02.