[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce deprecation of flow copy function
Jerin Jacob
jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com
Wed Aug 8 05:11:15 CEST 2018
-----Original Message-----
> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 16:37:52 +0200
> From: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
> To: Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>, Ferruh Yigit
> <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>, Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce deprecation of flow copy function
> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.11.0
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Cc: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> Cc: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 14714fe94..05c77da65 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -68,3 +68,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
> - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed;
> - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed;
> - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed.
> +
> +* ethdev: flow API function ``rte_flow_copy()`` will be deprecated in v18.11
> + in favor of ``rte_flow_conv()`` (which will appear in that version) and
> + subsequently removed for v19.02.
> +
> + This is due to a lack of flexibility and reliance on a type unusable with
> + C++ programs (struct rte_flow_desc).
> --
> 2.11.0
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