> In 24.11, all IPv6 public APIs will be modified to use a structure
> instead of fixed size arrays.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robin Jarry <rja...@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com>
> ---
>
> Notes:
> v2: updated with the exhaustive list of symbols
>
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 6948641ff69b..bb17b78d193a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -147,3 +147,45 @@ Deprecation Notices
> will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release.
> Before this, the new port library API (functions rte_swx_port_*)
> will gradually transition from experimental to stable status.
> +
> +* net: A new IPv6 address structure will be introduced in DPDK 24.11.
> + It will replace all ad-hoc ``uint8_t[16]`` arrays in all public APIs and
> structures.
> + The following libraries and symbols are expected to be affected:
> +
> + ethdev
> + - ``struct rte_flow_item_icmp6_nd_ns``
> + - ``struct rte_flow_item_icmp6_nd_na``
> + - ``struct rte_flow_action_set_ipv6``
> + - ``struct rte_flow_tunnel``
> + fib
> + - ``rte_fib6_add()``
> + - ``rte_fib6_delete()``
> + - ``rte_fib6_lookup_bulk()``
> + gro
> + - ``struct tcp6_flow_key``
> + hash
> + - ``struct rte_ipv6_tuple``
> + ipsec
> + - ``struct rte_ipsec_sadv6_key``
> + lpm
> + - ``rte_lpm6_add()``
> + - ``rte_lpm6_is_rule_present()``
> + - ``rte_lpm6_delete()``
> + - ``rte_lpm6_delete_bulk_func()``
> + - ``rte_lpm6_lookup()``
> + - ``rte_lpm6_lookup_bulk_func()``
> + net
> + - ``struct rte_ipv6_hdr``
> + node
> + - ``rte_node_ip6_route_add()``
> + pipeline
> + - ``struct rte_table_action_ipv6_header``
> + rib
> + - ``rte_rib6_lookup()``
> + - ``rte_rib6_lookup_exact()``
> + - ``rte_rib6_get_nxt()``
> + - ``rte_rib6_insert()``
> + - ``rte_rib6_remove()``
> + - ``rte_rib6_get_ip()``
> + table
> + - ``struct rte_table_lpm_ipv6_key``
> --
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.anan...@huawei.com>
> 2.45.2
>
