crypto/cnxk: support lookaside IPsec

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

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
   as deprecated in DPDK 20.11, along with the associated macros ``ETH_MIRROR_*``.
   This API will be fully removed in DPDK 21.11.
 
+* ethdev: Announce moving from dedicated modify function for each field,
+  to using the general ``rte_flow_modify_field`` action.
+
 * ethdev: The struct ``rte_flow_action_modify_data`` will be modified
   to support modifying fields larger than 64 bits.
   In addition, documentation will be updated to clarify byte order.
@@ -125,6 +128,17 @@ Deprecation Notices
   is deprecated and will be removed in DPDK 21.11. Shared counters should
   be managed using shared actions API (``rte_flow_shared_action_create`` etc).
 
+* ethdev: Definition of the flow API action ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT_ID``
+  is ambiguous and needs clarification.
+  Structure ``rte_flow_action_port_id`` will be extended to specify
+  traffic direction to the represented entity or ethdev port itself
+  in DPDK 21.11.
+
+* ethdev: Flow API documentation is unclear if ethdev port used to create
+  a flow rule adds any implicit match criteria in the case of transfer rules.
+  The semantics will be clarified in DPDK 21.11 and it will require fixes in
+  drivers and applications which interpret it in a different way.
+
 * ethdev: The flow API matching pattern structures, ``struct rte_flow_item_*``,
   should start with relevant protocol header.
   Some matching pattern structures implements this by duplicating protocol header
@@ -204,6 +218,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
   data length so that driver/HW can write expanded size data after encryption.
   This change is targeted for DPDK 21.11.
 
+* cryptodev: Hide structures ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` and
+  ``rte_cryptodev_asym_session`` to remove unnecessary indirection between
+  session and the private data of session. An opaque pointer can be exposed
+  directly to application which can be attached to the ``rte_crypto_op``.
+
 * cryptodev: The interface between library and drivers will be marked
   as internal in DPDK 21.11.
 
@@ -216,10 +235,17 @@ Deprecation Notices
   SA lifetime configuration. A new structure would be introduced to replace the
   current member, ``esn_soft_limit``.
 
+* security: The structure ``rte_security_ipsec_xform`` will be extended with
+  multiple fields: source and destination port of UDP encapsulation,
+  IPsec payload MSS (Maximum Segment Size), and ESN (Extended Sequence Number).
+
 * security: The IPsec SA config options ``struct rte_security_ipsec_sa_options``
   will be updated with new fields to support new features like IPsec inner
   checksum, tunnel header verification, TSO in case of protocol offload.
 
+* ipsec: The structure ``rte_ipsec_sa_prm`` will be extended with a new field
+  ``hdr_l3_len`` to configure tunnel L3 header length.
+
 * eventdev: The file ``rte_eventdev_pmd.h`` will be renamed to ``eventdev_driver.h``
   to make the driver interface as internal and the structures ``rte_eventdev_data``,
   ``rte_eventdev`` and ``rte_eventdevs`` will be moved to a new file named