In order to prepare for a long term stable API, the mbuf library has to change: allowing more features as dynamic fields, and fixing the lack of rte_ prefix in the namespace. The namespace fix should not break the compatibility by keeping some aliases during few releases to give time for migration.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 37b8592b6..e4939f1fe 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ Deprecation Notices structure would be made internal (or removed if all dependencies are cleared) in future releases. +* mbuf: Some fields will be moved or converted to dynamic API in DPDK 19.11 + in order to offer more space for the dynamic fields in future. + The namespace will be fixed at the same time while keeping a backward + compatibility for some time. + * ethdev: the legacy filter API, including ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR, -- 2.21.0
