On 2/6/2017 8:08 AM, David Hunt wrote: > Given that the packet distributor library improvements (1) will > not be in 17.02, I plan on doing some consolidation of the > API for burst operation for 17.05, merging the two api's into > one, with options for single or burst operation. > > (1) http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/19911/ > > Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.h...@intel.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 755dc65..925e156 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ Deprecation Notices > and will be removed in 17.02. > It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions. > > +* lib: distributor library API will be changed to incorporate a burst- > + oriented API. This will include a change to ``rte_distributor_create`` > + to specify which type of instance to create (single or burst), and > + additional calls for ``rte_poll_pkt_burst`` and ``rte_return_pkt_burst``, > + among others.
Should new APIs (rte_poll_pkt_burst & rte_return_pkt_burst) have "rte_distributor_" name space? Apart from this: Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com>
