- ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
- ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
-* eal: the support of Xen dom0 will be removed from EAL in 17.11; and with
- that, drivers/net/xenvirt and examples/vhost_xen will also be removed.
-
* eal: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 to make DPDK aware of IOVA address
translation scheme.
Reference to phys address in EAL data-structure or functions may change to
PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and
their behavior will be kept until 17.08 and will be removed in 17.11.
-* mempool: The following will be modified in 17.11:
-
- - ``rte_mempool_xmem_size`` and ``rte_mempool_xmem_usage`` need to know
- the mempool flag status so adding new param rte_mempool in those API.
- - Removing __rte_unused int flag param from ``rte_mempool_generic_put``
- and ``rte_mempool_generic_get`` API.
- - ``rte_mempool`` flags data type will changed from int to
- unsigned int.
-
* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.11.
Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with
bit field to enable each Tx offload.
Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
-* 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.
+* ethdev: The device flag advertizing hotplug capability
+ ``RTE_ETH_DEV_DETACHABLE`` is not needed anymore and will be removed in
+ v17.11.
+ This capability is verified upon calling the relevant hotplug functions in EAL
+ by checking that the ``unplug`` ops is set in the bus. This verification is
+ done by the EAL and not by the ``ethdev`` layer anymore. Users relying on this
+ flag being present only have to remove their checks to follow the change.
+
+* ethdev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
+ ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_eth_dev_info`` and
+ ``rte_eth_dev`` respectively to support security operations like
+ ipsec inline.
+
+* cryptodev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
+ ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_cryptodev_info`` and
+ ``rte_cryptodev`` respectively to support security protocol offloaded
+ operations.
* cryptodev: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will
be removed in 17.11:
- ``rte_cryptodev_create_vdev``
+
+* cryptodev: the following function will be static in 17.11 and included
+ by all crypto drivers, therefore, will not be public:
+
+ - ``rte_cryptodev_vdev_pmd_init``
+
+* librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles.
+ Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.
+
+* 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.