From 7a53028af5249c7d95b33bc9b5812dcc36cac0c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 08:08:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 <david.hunt@intel.com> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> Acked-by: Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren@intel.com> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) 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. -- 2.39.5