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

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Wed Jan 31 20:11:33 CET 2018


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://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>

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>


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