Commit 0ef05e25 authored by Dave Thaler's avatar Dave Thaler Committed by Daniel Borkmann
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bpf, docs: Rename legacy conformance group to packet 



There could be other legacy conformance groups in the future,
so use a more descriptive name.  The status of the conformance
group in the IANA registry is what designates it as legacy,
not the name of the group.

Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Thaler <dthaler1968@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240302012229.16452-1-dthaler1968@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
parent 4e73e1bc

Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst

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@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ This document defines the following conformance groups: 
* divmul32: includes 32-bit division, multiplication, and modulo instructions.

* divmul64: includes divmul32, plus 64-bit division, multiplication,

  and modulo instructions.

* legacy: deprecated packet access instructions.

* packet: deprecated packet access instructions.



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@@ -710,4 +710,4 @@ class of ``LD``, a size modifier of ``W``, ``H``, or ``B``, and a 
mode modifier of ``ABS`` or ``IND``.  The 'dst_reg' and 'offset' fields were

set to zero, and 'src_reg' was set to zero for ``ABS``.  However, these

instructions are deprecated and should no longer be used.  All legacy packet

access instructions belong to the "legacy" conformance group.
 
access instructions belong to the "packet" conformance group.