Announce internal PMD API change in the function to set the default MAC address. The objective is to be able to notify errors occurring in the PMD.
Link: https://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/32284/ Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.m...@6wind.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 43a39d827..8ad4407c2 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -76,3 +76,11 @@ Deprecation Notices * mbuf: The mbuf flags ``PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT`` and ``PKT_TX_QINQ_PKT`` are respectively renamed as ``PKT_TX_VLAN`` and ``PKT_TX_QINQ``. The old names will be removed in v18.08. + +* ethdev: The prototype and the behavior of + ``dev_ops->eth_mac_addr_set()`` will change in v18.05. A return code + will be added to notify the caller if an error occurred in the PMD. In + ``rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set()``, the new default MAC address + will be copied in ``dev->data->mac_addrs[0]`` only if the operation is + succesfull. This modification will only impact the PMDs, not the + applications. -- 2.11.0