Deprecation Notices
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-* eal: certain structures will change in EAL on account of upcoming external
- memory support. Aside from internal changes leading to an ABI break, the
- following externally visible changes will also be implemented:
-
- - ``rte_memseg_list`` will change to include a boolean flag indicating
- whether a particular memseg list is externally allocated. This will have
- implications for any users of memseg-walk-related functions, as they will
- now have to skip externally allocated segments in most cases if the intent
- is to only iterate over internal DPDK memory.
- - ``socket_id`` parameter across the entire DPDK will gain additional meaning,
- as some socket ID's will now be representing externally allocated memory. No
- changes will be required for existing code as backwards compatibility will
- be kept, and those who do not use this feature will not see these extra
- socket ID's.
-
* eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.11.
New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of
device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the