[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] mbuf: rename deprecated VLAN flags

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 10/25/2017 10:42 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 10/25/2017 8:12 AM, Olivier Matz wrote:
>> PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated for a while.
>> As explained in [1], these flags were kept to let the applications and
>> PMDs move to the new flag. There is also a need to support Rx vlan
>> offload without vlan strip (at least for the ixgbe driver).
>>
>> This patch renames the old flags for this feature, knowing that some
>> PMDs were using PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT to indicate that
>> the vlan tci has been saved in the mbuf structure.
>>
>> It is likely that some PMDs do not set the proper flags when doing vlan
>> offload, and it would be worth making a pass on all of them.
>>
>> Link: [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/067712.html
>> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.


It may be good to stress this change in -rc2 announcement and ask for testing.