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* eal: the following functions are deprecated starting from 17.05 and will
- be removed in 17.08:
+ be removed in 17.11:
- ``rte_set_log_level``, replaced by ``rte_log_set_global_level``
- ``rte_get_log_level``, replaced by ``rte_log_get_global_level``
- ``rte_set_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_set_level``
- ``rte_get_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_get_level``
-* devargs: An ABI change is planned for 17.08 for the structure ``rte_devargs``.
- The current version is dependent on bus-specific device identifier, which will
- be made generic and abstracted, in order to make the EAL bus-agnostic.
-
- Accompanying this evolution, device command line parameters will thus support
- explicit bus definition in a device declaration.
-
-* The VDEV subsystem will be converted as driver of the new bus model.
- It may imply some EAL API changes in 17.08.
+* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v17.11.
+ The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need
+ to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype``
+ was used to identify a bus and will disappear.
+ The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change.
+ The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private.
+ The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be
+ modified or removed in 17.11:
+
+ - ``rte_eal_devargs_add``
+ - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
+ - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
-* The struct ``rte_pci_driver`` is planned to be removed from
- ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` and ``rte_eventdev_driver`` in 17.08.
+* eal: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 to make DPDK aware of IOVA address
+ translation scheme.
+ Reference to phys address in EAL data-structure or functions may change to
+ IOVA address or more appropriate name.
+ The change will be only for the name.
+ Functional aspects of the API or data-structure will remain same.
* The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated and
are respectively replaced by PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED and
PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and
- their behavior will be kept until 17.05 and will be removed in 17.08.
+ their behavior will be kept until 17.08 and will be removed in 17.11.
* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.11.
Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with
Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
-* librte_table: The ``key_mask`` parameter will be added to all the hash tables
- that currently do not have it, as well as to the hash compute function prototype.
- The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed
- (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter)
- and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly.
+* ethdev: The device flag advertizing hotplug capability
+ ``RTE_ETH_DEV_DETACHABLE`` is not needed anymore and will be removed in
+ v17.11.
+ This capability is verified upon calling the relevant hotplug functions in EAL
+ by checking that the ``unplug`` ops is set in the bus. This verification is
+ done by the EAL and not by the ``ethdev`` layer anymore. Users relying on this
+ flag being present only have to remove their checks to follow the change.
-* eal: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will
- be removed in 17.11:
+* ethdev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
+ ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_eth_dev_info`` and
+ ``rte_eth_dev`` respectively to support security operations like
+ ipsec inline.
- - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
+* cryptodev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
+ ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_cryptodev_info`` and
+ ``rte_cryptodev`` respectively to support security protocol offloaded
+ operations.
* cryptodev: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will
be removed in 17.11:
- ``rte_cryptodev_create_vdev``
+
+* cryptodev: the following function will be static in 17.11 and included
+ by all crypto drivers, therefore, will not be public:
+
+ - ``rte_cryptodev_vdev_pmd_init``
+
+* librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles.
+ Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.
+
+* librte_table: The ``key_mask`` parameter will be added to all the hash tables
+ that currently do not have it, as well as to the hash compute function prototype.
+ The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed
+ (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter)
+ and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly.
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