From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrien Mazarguil Subject: [PATCH v3 03/25] doc: announce deprecation of legacy filter types Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:48:53 +0100 Message-ID: <07036bd00eff8e797d7c18cf774c8972a947a994.1482168851.git.adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> References: To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f41.google.com (mail-wm0-f41.google.com [74.125.82.41]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC6DF96C for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:49:37 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f41.google.com with SMTP id f82so108244177wmf.1 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:49:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from 6wind.com (guy78-3-82-239-227-177.fbx.proxad.net. [82.239.227.177]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g184sm18159384wme.23.2016.12.19.09.49.36 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:49:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" They are superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow). Target release is not defined yet. Suggested-by: Kevin Traynor Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil Acked-by: Olga Shern --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 2d17bc6..1438c77 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -71,3 +71,11 @@ Deprecation Notices * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated and will be removed in 17.02. It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions. + +* ethdev: the legacy filter API, including + ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well + as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR, + HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow) in + PMDs that implement the latter. + Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most + PMDs have switched to rte_flow. -- 2.1.4