[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: fix applications failure on configure

[Thomas Monjalon]

01/05/2018 16:08, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 5/1/2018 3:01 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 01/05/2018 15:33, Ferruh Yigit:
> >> Many sample applications fail because of
> >> dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads check in rte_eth_dev_configure()
> > 
> > We need to define the API behaviour in doxygen.
> > 
> >> The sample applications need to be fixed/updated before returning error
> >> on rte_eth_dev_configure()
> >>
> >> This patch keeps the error log but removes returning error.
> > 
> > If the doc is updated in 18.05, we can have a deprecation notice
> > to insert the error return in 18.08.
> 
> +1 to add a deprecation notice for this release and do the error return on 18.08.
> 
> Is the doc update you mentioned doxygen update?

Yes, doxygen update.

> Who can do doc update and deprecation notice patches for this release?

Either you Ferruh, or Xueming and me together.
What do you prefer?

> >> Fixes: 8863a1fbfc66 ("ethdev: add supported hash function check")
> >> Cc: xuemingl at mellanox.com
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>