They are superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow).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> Acked-by: Olga Shern <ol...@mellanox.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 2d17bc6..1438c77 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -71,3 +71,11 @@ 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as well + as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR, + HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow) in + PMDs that implement the latter.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. -- 2.1.4
