From 3ffa1cc05ac6dbb46c04739318f17344f03168e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernard Iremonger Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:38:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce API removal from ethdev In 17.02 five rte_eth_dev_set_vf_*** functions will be removed from librte_ether, renamed and moved to the ixgbe PMD. Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger Acked-by: John McNamara Acked-by: Reshma Pattan Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index c4b1de7142..a1e52216af 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ 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. +* ethdev: for 17.02 it is planned to deprecate the following five functions + and move them in ixgbe: + + ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rxmode`` + + ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rx`` + + ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_tx`` + + ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_vlan_filter`` + + ``rte_eth_set_vf_rate_limit`` + * 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 -- 2.20.1