- ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops``
-* mempool: several API and ABI changes are planned in v18.05.
-
- The following changes are planned:
-
- - addition of new op to allocate contiguous
- block of objects if underlying driver supports it.
-
* mbuf: The opaque ``mbuf->hash.sched`` field will be updated to support generic
definition in line with the ethdev TM and MTR APIs. Currently, this field
is defined in librte_sched in a non-generic way. The new generic format
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 ethdev - drivers offload interface will be deprecated on 18.05.
- This includes:
- - removal of the conversion in ethdev from new offloading API to old API for drivers.
-
In later releases the old offloading API will be deprecated, which will include:
- removal of ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` flags.
- removal of ``txq_flags`` field from ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct.