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

[Andrew Rybchenko]

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://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/32284/
>
> 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>