net/nfp: add TSO support

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

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 2d17bc6..755dc65 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -30,27 +30,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
   ``nb_seg_max`` and ``nb_mtu_seg_max`` providing information about number of
   segments limit to be transmitted by device for TSO/non-TSO packets.
 
-* In 17.02 ABI change is planned: the ``rte_eth_dev_info`` structure
-  will be extended with a new member ``fw_version`` in order to store
-  the NIC firmware version.
-
 * ethdev: an API change is planned for 17.02 for the function
   ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process``. In 17.02 the function will return an ``int``
   instead of ``void`` and a fourth parameter ``void *ret_param`` will be added.
 
-* ethdev: for 17.02 it is planned to deprecate the following five functions
-  and move them in ixgbe:
-
-  ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rxmode``
-
-  ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rx``
-
-  ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_tx``
-
-  ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_vlan_filter``
-
-  ``rte_eth_set_vf_rate_limit``
-
 * ABI changes are planned for 17.02 in the ``rte_mbuf`` structure: some fields
   may be reordered to facilitate the writing of ``data_off``, ``refcnt``, and
   ``nb_segs`` in one operation, because some platforms have an overhead if the
@@ -71,3 +54,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated
   and will be removed in 17.02.
   It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
+
+* 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,
+  HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow) in
+  PMDs that implement the latter.
+  Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
+  PMDs have switched to rte_flow.