> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Harry van Haaren > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 1:58 PM > To: dev at dpdk.org > Cc: maryam.tahhan at intel.com; Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren at > intel.com> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07 > > This patch adds a notice that the API for the xstats functionality will be > modified in the 16.07 release, with no backwards compatibility planned as > it would require code duplication in each PMD that supports xstats. > > Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren at intel.com> > --- > 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 98d5529..13c3a95 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ Deprecation Notices > induce a modification of the rte_mempool structure, plus a > modification of the API of rte_mempool_obj_iter(), implying a breakage > of the ABI. > + > +* ABI change is planned for the xstats API and rte_eth_xstats struct, > +to > + facilitate updating to an API that allows retrieval of values without > +any > + string copies or parsing. No backwards compatibility is planned, as > +it would > + require code duplication in every PMD that supports xstats. > -- > 2.5.0
Acked-by: David Harton <dharton at cisco.com>
