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.
+* meson: The minimum supported version of meson for configuring and building
+ DPDK will be increased to v0.47.1 (from 0.41) from DPDK 19.05 onwards. For
+ those users with a version earlier than 0.47.1, an updated copy of meson
+ can be got using the ``pip``, or ``pip3``, tool for downloading python
+ packages.
* kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter
for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case.
+ ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
+* vfio: removal of ``rte_vfio_dma_map`` and ``rte_vfio_dma_unmap`` APIs which
+ have been replaced with ``rte_dev_dma_map`` and ``rte_dev_dma_unmap``
+ functions. The due date for the removal targets DPDK 20.02.
+
* pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed.
The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced:
structure would be made internal (or removed if all dependencies are cleared)
in future releases.
-* mbuf: the macro ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()`` will be removed in v18.08 or later and
- replaced with ``RTE_MBUF_CLONED()`` which is already added in v18.05. As
- ``EXT_ATTACHED_MBUF`` is newly introduced in v18.05, ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()``
- can no longer be mutually exclusive with ``RTE_MBUF_DIRECT()`` if the new
- experimental API ``rte_pktmbuf_attach_extbuf()`` is used. Removal of the macro
- is to fix this semantic inconsistency.
-
* 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,
- Member ``uint16_t min_mtu`` the minimum MTU allowed.
- Member ``uint16_t max_mtu`` the maximum MTU allowed.
+* kni: remove KNI ethtool support. To clarify, this is not to remove the KNI,
+ but only to remove ethtool support of it that is disabled by default and
+ can be enabled via ``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL`` config option.
+ Existing KNI ethtool implementation is only supported by ``igb`` & ``ixgbe``
+ drivers, by using a copy of kernel drivers in DPDK. This model cannot be
+ extended to all drivers in DPDK and it is too much effort to maintain
+ kernel modules in DPDK. As a result users won't be able to use ``ethtool``
+ via ``igb`` & ``ixgbe`` anymore.
+
+* meter: New ``rte_color`` definition will be added in 19.02 and that will
+ replace ``enum rte_meter_color`` in meter library in 19.05. This will help
+ to consolidate color definition, which is currently replicated in many places,
+ such as: rte_meter.h, rte_mtr.h, rte_tm.h.
+
* crypto/aesni_mb: the minimum supported intel-ipsec-mb library version will be
changed from 0.49.0 to 0.52.0.