- ``eal_parse_pci_DomBDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse``
- ``rte_eal_compare_pci_addr`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_cmp``
-* eal: The semantics of the return value for the ``rte_lcore_has_role`` function
- are planned to change in v18.05. The function currently returns 0 and <0 for
- success and failure, respectively. This will change to 1 and 0 for true and
- false, respectively, to make use of the function more intuitive.
-
* eal: a new set of mbuf mempool ops name APIs for user, platform and best
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_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