[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] i40e: highlight change to flexible payload for RSS config

[John McNamara]

Add deprecation notice to highlight a future change in the
default configuration behavior for flexible payload for RSS.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara 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 a93c3e1..9e9caa6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
 
 * librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles.
   Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.
+
+* i40e: The default flexible payload configuration which extracts the first 16
+  bytes of the payload for RSS will be deprecated starting from 18.02. If
+  required the previous behavior can be configured using existing flow
+  director APIs. There is no ABI/API break. This change will just remove a
+  global configuration setting and require explicit configuration.
-- 
2.7.5