doc: announce changes to eventdev public structures
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From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
Add 64 byte padding at the end of event device public structure to allow
future extensions.
Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
---
http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=10728&state=*
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
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2.17.1
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On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 4:21 PM <pbhagavatula@marvell.com> wrote:
>
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
I think, git subject can be changed to "doc: add reserve fields to
eventdev public structures"
>
> Add 64 byte padding at the end of event device public structure to allow
> future extensions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> ---
> http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=10728&state=*
>
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index ea4cfa7a4..37c7c9029 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -151,3 +151,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
> Python 2 support will be completely removed in 20.11.
> In 20.08, explicit deprecation warnings will be displayed when running
> scripts with Python 2.
> +
> +* eventdev: A 64 byte padding is added at the end of the following structures
> + in event device library to support future extensions:
> + ``rte_event_crypto_adapter_conf``, ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_conf``,
> + ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf``, ``rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_conf``,
> + ``rte_event_timer_adapter_conf``, ``rte_event_timer_adapter_info``,
> + ``rte_event_dev_info``, ``rte_event_dev_config``, ``rte_event_queue_conf``,
> + ``rte_event_port_conf``, ``rte_event_timer_adapter``,
> + ``rte_event_timer_adapter_data``.
You could point the existing patches for the same as the reference here.
http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/72786/
http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/72787/
With the above change:
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
@@ -151,3 +151,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
Python 2 support will be completely removed in 20.11.
In 20.08, explicit deprecation warnings will be displayed when running
scripts with Python 2.
+
+* eventdev: A 64 byte padding is added at the end of the following structures
+ in event device library to support future extensions:
+ ``rte_event_crypto_adapter_conf``, ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_conf``,
+ ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf``, ``rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_conf``,
+ ``rte_event_timer_adapter_conf``, ``rte_event_timer_adapter_info``,
+ ``rte_event_dev_info``, ``rte_event_dev_config``, ``rte_event_queue_conf``,
+ ``rte_event_port_conf``, ``rte_event_timer_adapter``,
+ ``rte_event_timer_adapter_data``.