[2/2] ethdev: announce moving to general modify function

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Series [1/2] ethdev: announce change to action modify data |

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Matan Azrad Aug. 2, 2021, 2:10 p.m. UTC
From: Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>

Currently there is a dedicated modify function for each
field that the application wants to change.
For example:
rte_flow_action_type_set_tp_port to modify destination port of UDP/TCP.
rte_flow_action_type_set_ipv4_dst to modify destination of IPv4.

A new function rte_flow_action_modif_field DPDK added the ability
to use the same function to modify any field, in addtion to be able to
modify the value based on different field and not just immediate value.

Signed-off-by: Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan@nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
  

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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index b530616281..77491c322f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -162,3 +162,6 @@  Deprecation Notices
 * ethdev: The struct ``rte_flow_action_modify_data`` will be modified
   to support modifying larger fields than 64 bits.
   In addition, documentation will be updated to clarify byte order.
+
+* ethdev: Announce moving from dedicated modify function for each field,
+  to using the general ``rte_flow_modify_field`` action.