[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce changes to eventdev library

[Jerin Jacob]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 2:46 AM <pbhagavatula at marvell.com> wrote:
>
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
>
> Make driver layer as internal, remove unnecessary rte_ prefix for
> structures and functions that are not a part of public API.
> Promote experimental trace and vector APIs to stable.
> Add reserved field to `rte_event_timer` structure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>

Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>


++ Eventdev driver Maintainers.

This list is based on items identified for 21.11 ABI improvement at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1betlC000ua5SsSiJIcC54mCCCJnW6voH5Dqv9UxeyfE/edit#gid=0


> ---
>  v2 Changes:
>  - Fix build issues.
>
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index d9c0e65921..6ac321eb1e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -158,3 +158,14 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * security: The functions ``rte_security_set_pkt_metadata`` and
>    ``rte_security_get_userdata`` will be made inline functions and additional
>    flags will be added in structure ``rte_security_ctx`` in DPDK 21.11.
> +
> +* eventdev: The file ``rte_eventdev_pmd.h`` will be renamed to ``eventdev_driver.h``
> +  to make the driver interface as internal and the structures ``rte_eventdev_data``,
> +  ``rte_eventdev`` and ``rte_eventdevs`` will be moved to a new file named
> +  ``rte_eventdev_core.h`` in DPDK 21.11.
> +  The ``rte_`` prefix for internal structures and functions will be removed across the
> +  library.
> +  The experimental eventdev trace APIs and ``rte_event_vector_pool_create``,
> +  ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits_get`` will be promoted to stable.
> +  An 8byte reserved field will be added to the structure ``rte_event_timer`` to
> +  support future extensions.
> --
> 2.17.1
>