[dpdk-dev,v1] i40e: highlight change to flexible payload for RSS config
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Add deprecation notice to highlight a future change in the
default configuration behavior for flexible payload for RSS.
Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mcnamara, John
> Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 3:24 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Rybalchenko, Kirill <kirill.rybalchenko@intel.com>; Chilikin, Andrey
> <andrey.chilikin@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v1] i40e: highlight change to flexible payload for RSS config
>
> Add deprecation notice to highlight a future change in the
> default configuration behavior for flexible payload for RSS.
>
> Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index a93c3e1..9e9caa6 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
>
> * librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles.
> Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.
> +
> +* i40e: The default flexible payload configuration which extracts the first 16
> + bytes of the payload for RSS will be deprecated starting from 18.02. If
> + required the previous behavior can be configured using existing flow
> + director APIs. There is no ABI/API break. This change will just remove a
> + global configuration setting and require explicit configuration.
> --
> 2.7.5
Acked-by: Andrey Chilikin <andrey.chilikin@intel.com>
> > Add deprecation notice to highlight a future change in the
> > default configuration behavior for flexible payload for RSS.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
>
> Acked-by: Andrey Chilikin <andrey.chilikin@intel.com>
It is a specific driver behaviour change notice.
So applied with only one ack, thanks.
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
* librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles.
Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.
+
+* i40e: The default flexible payload configuration which extracts the first 16
+ bytes of the payload for RSS will be deprecated starting from 18.02. If
+ required the previous behavior can be configured using existing flow
+ director APIs. There is no ABI/API break. This change will just remove a
+ global configuration setting and require explicit configuration.