29/10/2019 18:19, Slava Ovsiienko: > From: Andrew Rybchenko <arybche...@solarflare.com> > > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > > +* ethdev: DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MATCH_METADATA will be removed, static > > > +metadata > > > + mbuf field will be removed in 20.02, metadata feature will use > > > +dynamic mbuf > > > + field and flag instead. > > > + > > > > Isn't it breaking stable API/ABI? Should target release be 20.11? > > tx_metadata is in union, it should not be ABI break. > And we propose to remove tx_metadata at all in 19.11 > and share the dynamic metadata field between Rx and Tx METAdata.
Yes please, let's remove tx_metadata from mbuf now, while adding metadata dynamic field. I am sure nobody will complain that we sanitized this feature before releasing DPDK 19.11 LTS.
