[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/15] doc: remove flow API migration section

Andrew Rybchenko arybchenko at solarflare.com
Sat Apr 7 11:22:39 CEST 2018


On 04/06/2018 04:25 PM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> This section has become less relevant since the flow API (rte_flow) is now
> a mature DPDK API with applications developed directly on top of it instead
> of an afterthought.
>
> This patch removes it for the following reasons:
>
> - It has never been updated to track the latest changes in the legacy
>    filter types and never will.
>
> - Many provided examples are theoretical and misleading since PMDs do not
>    implement them. Others are obvious.
>
> - Upcoming work on the flow API will alter the behavior of several pattern
>    items, actions and in some cases, flow rules, which will in turn cause
>    existing examples to be wrong.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst | 298 --------------------------------
>   1 file changed, 298 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>


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