X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Fdeprecation.rst;h=6d9517efa750eb44641ace9c6cb1af2d6864f01d;hb=3004d3454192515f44fa4df1c4f64c9cde687913;hp=6c58e69de39b15833f840158f0ad7eccb12d5202;hpb=a3277ad47feb3186ed33792a32ac4c28cb88904e;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 6c58e69de3..6d9517efa7 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,43 +8,34 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- -* eal: the following functions are deprecated starting from 17.05 and will - be removed in 17.08: - - - ``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. - -* igb_uio: iomem mapping and sysfs files created for iomem and ioport in - igb_uio will be removed, because we are able to detect these from what Linux - has exposed, like the way we have done with uio-pci-generic. This change - targets release 17.05. - -* The VDEV subsystem will be converted as driver of the new bus model. - It may imply some EAL API changes in 17.08. - -* The struct ``rte_pci_driver`` is planned to be removed from - ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` and ``rte_eventdev_driver`` in 17.08. - -* 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. - -* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.08. - Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with - bit field to enable each Tx offload. - Besides of making the Rx/Tx configuration API more consistent for the - application, PMDs will be able to provide a better out of the box performance. - As part of the work, ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` will be superseded as well. +* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v18.02. + 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 18.02: + + - ``rte_eal_devargs_add`` + - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count`` + - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` + +* pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed. + The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced: + + - ``eal_parse_pci_BDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse`` + - ``eal_parse_pci_DomBDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse`` + - ``rte_eal_compare_pci_addr`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_cmp`` + +* ethdev: a new Tx and Rx offload API was introduced on 17.11. + In the new API, offloads are divided into per-port and per-queue offloads. + Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request. + The old offloads API is target to be deprecated on 18.05. This includes: + + - removal of ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` flags. + - removal of ``txq_flags`` field from ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct. + - removal of the offloads bit-field from ``rte_eth_rxmode`` struct. * ethdev: the legacy filter API, including ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well @@ -54,25 +45,5 @@ Deprecation Notices Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most PMDs have switched to rte_flow. -* cryptodev: API changes are planned for 17.08 for the sessions management - to make it agnostic to the underlying devices, removing coupling with - crypto PMDs, so a single session can be used on multiple devices. - - An API of followed functions will be changed to allow operate on multiple - devices with one session: - - - ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create`` - - ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_free`` - - ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_pool_create`` - - While dev_id will not be stored in the ``struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session``, - directly, the change of followed API is required: - - - ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_attach_sym_session`` - - ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_detach_sym_session`` - -* 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. +* librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles. + Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.