Tell users about upcoming changes to rte_ether_addr and rte_ether_header. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index a7796f49b9fe..9c20a47b3e4c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -82,3 +82,12 @@ Deprecation Notices to set new power environment if power environment was already initialized. In this case the function will return -1 unless the environment is unset first (using ``rte_power_unset_env``). Other function usage scenarios will not change. + +* net: the Ethernet address and header defintions will change attributes. + The Ethernet address struct will no longer be marked as packed since + since the packed attribute is meaningless on a byte array. + The Etherne header will be marked as aligned on a 2 byte boundary (and + no longer packed). This allows for efficient access on all CPU's. + These changes should not impact normal usage drivers naturally + align the Ethernet header on receive, and almost every encapsulation + preserves the alignment. -- 2.17.1
