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

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@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright 2018 The DPDK contributors
+
 ABI and API Deprecation
 =======================
 
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
     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 v18.08.
+* 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
   new scheme of device identification.
@@ -33,7 +36,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   - Functions previously deprecated will change or disappear:
 
     + ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
-    + ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` will change its format and use.
 
 * pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed.
   The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced:
@@ -54,12 +56,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   experimental API ``rte_pktmbuf_attach_extbuf()`` is used. Removal of the macro
   is to fix this semantic inconsistency.
 
-* ethdev: In v18.11 ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP`` offload flag will be removed, default
-  behavior without any flag will be changed to CRC strip.
-  To keep CRC ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC`` flag is required.
-  ``KEEP_CRC``: Keep CRC in packet
-  No flag: Strip CRC from packet
-
 * ethdev: the legacy filter API, including
   ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well
   as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR,
@@ -86,3 +82,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
   - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed;
   - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed;
   - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed.
+
+* ethdev: flow API function ``rte_flow_copy()`` will be deprecated in v18.11
+  in favor of ``rte_flow_conv()`` (which will appear in that version) and
+  subsequently removed for v19.02.
+
+  This is due to a lack of flexibility and reliance on a type unusable with
+  C++ programs (struct rte_flow_desc).