> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Adrien Mazarguil > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 4:25 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/25] doc: announce depreciation of legacy > filter types > > They are superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow). Target release is > not defined yet. > > Suggested-by: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarg...@6wind.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 2d17bc6..4819078 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -71,3 +71,10 @@ Deprecation Notices > * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are > deprecated > and will be removed in 17.02. > It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions. > + > +* 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, HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is > +superseded by > + the generic flow API (rte_flow) in PMDs that implement the latter. > + Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once > +most > + PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
All the function names and constants should be fixed width quoted: ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``.
