eal: deprecate function to set default mbuf pool

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / deprecation.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 2819b48..d2dd302 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
+* eal: DPDK runtime configuration file (located at
+  ``/var/run/.<prefix>_config``) will be moved. The new path will be as follows:
+
+  - if DPDK is running as root, path will be set to
+    ``/var/run/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+  - if DPDK is not running as root and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is set, path will be set
+    to ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+  - if DPDK is not running as root and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, path will be
+    set to ``/tmp/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+
 * eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.05.
   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
@@ -32,8 +42,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
   mempool names have been defined in ``rte_mbuf`` in v18.02. The uses of
   ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops`` shall be replaced by
   ``rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops``.
-  The following function is now redundant and it is target to be deprecated
-  in 18.05:
+  The following function is deprecated since 18.05, and will be removed
+  in 18.08:
 
   - ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops``
 
@@ -59,12 +69,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
 
-* i40e: The default flexible payload configuration which extracts the first 16
-  bytes of the payload for RSS will be deprecated starting from 18.02. If
-  required the previous behavior can be configured using existing flow
-  director APIs. There is no ABI/API break. This change will just remove a
-  global configuration setting and require explicit configuration.
-
 * pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure
   are expected in subsequent release.
 
@@ -90,3 +94,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
     with them.
   - Some feature flags such as ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER`` are ambiguous,
     so some will be replaced by more explicit flags.
+  - Function ``rte_cryptodev_get_header_session_size()`` will be deprecated
+    in 18.05, and it gets replaced with ``rte_cryptodev_sym_get_header_session_size()``.
+    It will be removed in 18.08.
+  - Function ``rte_cryptodev_get_private_session_size()`` will be deprecated
+    in 18.05, and it gets replaced with ``rte_cryptodev_sym_get_private_session_size()``.
+    It will be removed in 18.08.