[dpdk-dev,2/2] doc: announce ABI change for RETA configuration

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NĂ©lio Laranjeiro Nov. 9, 2015, 4:48 p.m. UTC
  Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
  

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Thomas Monjalon Dec. 14, 2015, 2:25 p.m. UTC | #1
2015-11-09 17:48, Nelio Laranjeiro:
> +* ABI changes is planned for the reta field in struct rte_eth_rss_reta_entry64
> +  which handles at most 256 entries (8 bits) while newer NICs support larger
> +  tables (512 entries).
> +  It should be integrated in release 2.3.

Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
  
Olga Shern Dec. 14, 2015, 3:09 p.m. UTC | #2
Acked-by: Olga Shern <olgas@mellanox.com>

-----Original Message-----
From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 4:25 PM
To: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] doc: announce ABI change for RETA configuration

2015-11-09 17:48, Nelio Laranjeiro:
> +* ABI changes is planned for the reta field in struct rte_eth_rss_reta_entry64
> +  which handles at most 256 entries (8 bits) while newer NICs support larger
> +  tables (512 entries).
> +  It should be integrated in release 2.3.

Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
  
Wenzhuo Lu Dec. 15, 2015, 5:32 a.m. UTC | #3
Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nelio Laranjeiro [mailto:nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:48 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: olivier.matz@6wind.com; thomas.monjalon@6wind.com; Mcnamara,
> John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: announce ABI change for RETA configuration
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
  
Thomas Monjalon Dec. 15, 2015, 6:14 a.m. UTC | #4
> > Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
> Acked-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
> Acked-by: Olga Shern <olgas@mellanox.com>

Applied, thanks
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index c75b4b4..8554c53 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -52,3 +52,8 @@  Deprecation Notices
   commands (such as RETA update in testpmd).  This should impact
   CMDLINE_PARSE_RESULT_BUFSIZE, STR_TOKEN_SIZE and RDLINE_BUF_SIZE.
   It should be integrated in release 2.3.
+
+* ABI changes is planned for the reta field in struct rte_eth_rss_reta_entry64
+  which handles at most 256 entries (8 bits) while newer NICs support larger
+  tables (512 entries).
+  It should be integrated in release 2.3.