[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: add distributor library API change notice

[Hunt, David]

On 9/2/2017 2:20 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 2/6/2017 8:08 AM, David Hunt wrote:
>> 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 at 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 755dc65..925e156 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
>>     and will be removed in 17.02.
>>     It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
>>   
>> +* lib: 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_poll_pkt_burst`` and ``rte_return_pkt_burst``,
>> +  among others.
> Should new APIs (rte_poll_pkt_burst & rte_return_pkt_burst) have
> "rte_distributor_" name space? Apart from this:
>
> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>

Ferruh,
     Thanks for the third Ack.

Thomas,
    Would you prefer me to re-spin the patch after inserting 
"_distributor" into
the two function names, or would you be so good as to do it during the 
merge?

Regards,
Dave.