From patchwork Fri Aug 3 14:37:52 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Adrien Mazarguil X-Patchwork-Id: 43583 X-Patchwork-Delegate: thomas@monjalon.net Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CABCF1B5A1; Fri, 3 Aug 2018 16:38:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-wm0-f66.google.com (mail-wm0-f66.google.com [74.125.82.66]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B60FD1B59E for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2018 16:38:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f66.google.com with SMTP id l2-v6so5174376wme.1 for ; Fri, 03 Aug 2018 07:38:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-disposition; bh=l3cDCN8VRta5PKi9oBjt0PYZruJ2IZyqjg0SjA1vn2M=; b=tW/C2U6LeATSyS3K6WczanMaKPkh27+QKyG8q0S/E/OCRubOZX7QLb1FqDKW09kt0/ IO2cjR/1EqGiljMSrYx3tmR6gIQwPqal/3dKYiPSp5svh4bkyHrA6YpPcfvWVxwU9trn kKQAWWpClDEfpZHFrmrwmB5cDg91Fn6J5LQCm/93NoIAF0agGnZ9KFYg4TnPBUuwehm6 F+hE0/mn8cfXP60AxCzFMaT5PpAi5XM02p8cLFBv3WHIE/j6/NlFHgnAEFyRJQDr0/MB cR3OMLWclCUpNm7aq7Z791mwzi1dqkBpAPaJvchBNbIix6RI8VZxxDivQoGNrCUjEzyH giuA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition; bh=l3cDCN8VRta5PKi9oBjt0PYZruJ2IZyqjg0SjA1vn2M=; b=YU7FvFH+GrUrUrOqcZ2afsBhSJzx+YDv8Ge9J7H8mqmU8CxTv7CGRHQ78dqkmAENCU ANlU2im9M7g8zYkZ8gc3ZFHMrH0uF/bt6dt/oY7Ztbwk00HPjLDkLMMfh9egn3xZacLO BEzTqOua4aRUnib95NlTYq9BmVY+8aW5+o59JOI5mthxBzmc9cn1oCkwW2hAv+GutPEk 5vWLo9yt+fKpEmcygveTmtjBww5cKwUVbt3iGH2LcoEusJG3e64f3M5RL0cabOTDFlkA /vha8xv7gVGHf89Obrmq496MXraxQjZKUtYo9PWxtcrhhVKXSvKNlPpU4UHDFA9p4reH dn1A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlHWBoE5Qsf3/zjK3pgg+x1f4z25xz71SUl+Y6je16ZmpHJMIpB+ 72XWWwv2pagrL2AsXXptDzxQUSK1c9VICw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpdMQx2UPoxOSd5ivvch7pQO/Gq5jI57xbnxcUPewieE9UK29wPvc1qvP5/MIosRXUenNwEQUg== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:3646:: with SMTP id d67-v6mr4895931wma.15.1533307090535; Fri, 03 Aug 2018 07:38:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 6wind.com (host.78.145.23.62.rev.coltfrance.com. [62.23.145.78]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 68-v6sm8160076wmi.31.2018.08.03.07.38.09 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 03 Aug 2018 07:38:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 16:37:52 +0200 From: Adrien Mazarguil To: Neil Horman Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon , Ferruh Yigit , Gaetan Rivet Message-ID: <20180803143728.15817-1-adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.11.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce deprecation of flow copy function X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil Cc: Thomas Monjalon Cc: Ferruh Yigit Cc: Gaetan Rivet Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin Acked-by: Jerin Jacob --- 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 14714fe94..05c77da65 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -68,3 +68,10 @@ Deprecation Notices - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed; - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed; - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed. + +* ethdev: flow API function ``rte_flow_copy()`` will be deprecated in v18.11 + in favor of ``rte_flow_conv()`` (which will appear in that version) and + subsequently removed for v19.02. + + This is due to a lack of flexibility and reliance on a type unusable with + C++ programs (struct rte_flow_desc).