[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce PMD API change for set default MAC

[Shahaf Shuler]

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 9:12 PM, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 1/30/2018 6:06 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> > On 01/29/2018 08:13 PM, Olivier Matz wrote:
> >> Announce internal PMD API change in the function to set the default
> >> MAC address. The objective is to be able to notify errors occurring
> >> in the PMD.
> >>
> >> Link:
> >>
> https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp
> >>
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> >>
> mellanox.com%7C5a25d2b43a32440d2e5c08d568de7559%7Ca652971c7d2e4d
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> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> >> ---
> >>   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++
> >>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >> index 43a39d827..8ad4407c2 100644
> >> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >> @@ -76,3 +76,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >>   * mbuf: The mbuf flags ``PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT`` and ``PKT_TX_QINQ_PKT``
> are
> >>     respectively renamed as ``PKT_TX_VLAN`` and ``PKT_TX_QINQ``. The
> old
> >>     names will be removed in v18.08.
> >> +
> >> +* ethdev: The prototype and the behavior of
> >> +  ``dev_ops->eth_mac_addr_set()`` will change in v18.05. A return
> >> +code
> >> +  will be added to notify the caller if an error occurred in the
> >> +PMD. In
> >> +  ``rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set()``, the new default MAC
> >> +address
> >> +  will be copied in ``dev->data->mac_addrs[0]`` only if the
> >> +operation is
> >> +  succesfull. This modification will only impact the PMDs, not the
> >> +  applications.
> >
> > Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>