[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add mempool mgr ABI deprication notice
David Hunt
david.hunt at intel.com
Thu Mar 10 12:55:40 CET 2016
Announce the ABI breakage due to addition of external mempool
manager functionality which requires changes to rte_mempool
structure.
Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 9930b5a..263e652 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -39,3 +39,13 @@ Deprecation Notices
and table action handlers will be updated:
the pipeline parameter will be added, the packets mask parameter will be
either removed (for input port action handler) or made input-only.
+
+* librte_mempool: The rte_mempool struct will be changed in 16.07 to
+ facilitate the new external mempool manager functionality.
+ The ring element will be replaced with a more generic 'pool' opaque pointer
+ to allow new mempool handlers to use their own user-defined mempool
+ layout. Also newly added to rte_mempool is a handler index.
+ The existing API will be backward compatible, but there will be new API
+ functions added to facilitate the creation of mempools using an external
+ handler. The 16.07 release will contain these changes.
+
--
2.5.0
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