From d569777187699220ba93e0b6e700c4cdcf198b5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernard Iremonger Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:38:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce API change for ethdev callback The _rte_eth_dev_call_process function will change to return "int" and a fourth parameter "void* ret_param" will be added. This change targets release 17.02. Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger Acked-by: John McNamara Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f7b88969ab..c4b1de7142 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ 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. +* ethdev: an API change is planned for 17.02 for the function + ``_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 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