doc: announce API change for net defines/structs/funcs
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As discussed at techboard, the network definitions, structures
and functions will be prefixed by 'rte_'.
Link: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-February/125033.html
Link: https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-April/129752.html
Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 10:36:25AM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote:
> As discussed at techboard, the network definitions, structures
> and functions will be prefixed by 'rte_'.
>
> Link: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-February/125033.html
> Link: https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-April/129752.html
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index ba39c2d62..36bc21ff8 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
> Deprecation Notices
> -------------------
>
> +* network includes: Network structures, definitions and functions will
> + be prefixed by ``rte_`` to resolve conflicts with libc headers.
> + This change will break many DPDK APIs.
> +
> * meson: The minimum supported version of meson for configuring and building
> DPDK will be increased to v0.47.1 (from 0.41) from DPDK 19.05 onwards. For
> those users with a version earlier than 0.47.1, an updated copy of meson
> --
> 2.11.0
>
On 4/10/2019 10:16 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 10:36:25AM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote:
>> As discussed at techboard, the network definitions, structures
>> and functions will be prefixed by 'rte_'.
>>
>> Link: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-February/125033.html
>> Link: https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-April/129752.html
>> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
10/04/2019 11:18, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 4/10/2019 10:16 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 10:36:25AM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote:
> >> As discussed at techboard, the network definitions, structures
> >> and functions will be prefixed by 'rte_'.
> >>
> >> Link: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-February/125033.html
> >> Link: https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-April/129752.html
> >> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> >
> > Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Applied, thanks
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
Deprecation Notices
-------------------
+* network includes: Network structures, definitions and functions will
+ be prefixed by ``rte_`` to resolve conflicts with libc headers.
+ This change will break many DPDK APIs.
+
* meson: The minimum supported version of meson for configuring and building
DPDK will be increased to v0.47.1 (from 0.41) from DPDK 19.05 onwards. For
those users with a version earlier than 0.47.1, an updated copy of meson