numam-dpdk/doc/api
Adrien Mazarguil b1a4b4cbc0 ethdev: introduce generic flow API
This new API supersedes all the legacy filter types described in
rte_eth_ctrl.h. It is slightly higher level and as a result relies more on
PMDs to process and validate flow rules.

Benefits:

- A unified API is easier to program for, applications do not have to be
  written for a specific filter type which may or may not be supported by
  the underlying device.

- The behavior of a flow rule is the same regardless of the underlying
  device, applications do not need to be aware of hardware quirks.

- Extensible by design, API/ABI breakage should rarely occur if at all.

- Documentation is self-standing, no need to look up elsewhere.

Existing filter types will be deprecated and removed in the near future.

Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Olga Shern <olgas@mellanox.com>
2016-12-23 10:11:07 +01:00
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doxy-api-index.md ethdev: introduce generic flow API 2016-12-23 10:11:07 +01:00
doxy-api.conf doc: add pdump library to API doxygen 2016-12-06 15:43:13 +01:00
doxy-html-custom.sh doc: move doxygen files in api subdirectory 2014-10-15 22:25:00 +02:00
examples.dox ivshmem: remove library and its EAL integration 2016-08-23 12:23:58 +02:00