Deprecation Notices
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+* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum required
+ version for the DPDK) is not maintained anymore. Therefore the planned
+ minimum required kernel version for DPDK 19.02 will be the next oldest
+ Long Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.16, but compatibility for
+ recent distribution kernels will be kept.
+
* kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter
for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case.
-* eal: function ``rte_bsf64`` in ``rte_bitmap.h`` has been renamed to
- ``rte_bsf64_safe`` and moved to ``rte_common.h``. A new ``rte_bsf64`` function
- will be added in the next release in ``rte_common.h`` that follows convention
- set by existing ``rte_bsf32`` function.
-
* 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
- The size and layout of ``rte_cryptodev_qp_conf`` and syntax of
``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_setup`` will change to to allow to use
two different mempools for crypto and device private sessions.
-
-* pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure
- are expected in subsequent release.
-
- - ``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.