doc: announce crypto device type enumeration removal

[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 f38c13f..978c950 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
   targets release 17.05.
 
 * The VDEV subsystem will be converted as driver of the new bus model.
-  It will imply some EAL API changes in 17.05.
+  It may imply some EAL API changes in 17.08.
 
 * The struct ``rte_pci_driver`` is planned to be removed from
-  ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` in 17.05.
+  ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` and ``rte_eventdev_driver`` in 17.08.
 
 * ethdev: An API change is planned for 17.08 for the function
   ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process``. In 17.08 the function will return an ``int``
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated and
   are respectively replaced by PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED and
   PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and
-  their behavior will be kept until 17.02 and will be removed in 17.05.
+  their behavior will be kept until 17.05 and will be removed in 17.08.
 
 * ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.08.
   Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
 
+* cryptodev: All PMD names definitions will be moved to the individual PMDs
+  in 17.08.
+
+* cryptodev: The following changes will be done in in 17.08:
+
+  - the device type enumeration ``rte_cryptodev_type`` will be removed
+  - the following structures will be changed: ``rte_cryptodev_session``,
+    ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session``, ``rte_cryptodev_info``, ``rte_cryptodev``
+  - the function ``rte_cryptodev_count_devtype`` will be replaced by
+    ``rte_cryptodev_device_count_by_driver``
+
 * crypto/scheduler: the following two functions are deprecated starting
   from 17.05 and will be removed in 17.08: