From: Olivier Matz Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:05:26 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: postpone ABI changes to 17.05 X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~4495 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e19138a2a22383c2ba6cac872dff18a30354c568;p=dpdk.git doc: postpone ABI changes to 17.05 Postpone the ABI changes for mempool and mbuf that were planned for 17.02 to 17.05. Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 326fde4810..3d72241a79 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Deprecation Notices ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process``. In 17.02 the function will return an ``int`` instead of ``void`` and a fourth parameter ``void *ret_param`` will be added. -* ABI changes are planned for 17.02 in the ``rte_mbuf`` structure: some fields +* ABI changes are planned for 17.05 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 @@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ Deprecation Notices * 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 until 16.11 and will be removed in 17.02. + their behavior will be kept until 17.02 and will be removed in 17.05. * mempool: The functions ``rte_mempool_count`` and ``rte_mempool_free_count`` - will be removed in 17.02. + will be removed in 17.05. They are replaced by ``rte_mempool_avail_count`` and ``rte_mempool_in_use_count`` respectively. * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated - and will be removed in 17.02. + and will be removed in 17.05. It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions. * ethdev: the legacy filter API, including