Deprecation Notices
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-* The ethdev library file will be renamed from libethdev.* to librte_ethdev.*
- in release 16.11 in order to have a more consistent namespace.
+* igb_uio: iomem mapping and sysfs files created for iomem and ioport in
+ igb_uio will be removed, because we are able to detect these from what Linux
+ has exposed, like the way we have done with uio-pci-generic. This change
+ targets release 17.05.
-* In 16.11 ABI changes are planned: the ``rte_eth_dev`` structure will be
- extended with new function pointer ``tx_pkt_prep`` allowing verification
+* ABI/API changes are planned for 17.02: ``rte_device``, ``rte_driver`` will be
+ impacted because of introduction of a new ``rte_bus`` hierarchy. This would
+ also impact the way devices are identified by EAL. A bus-device-driver model
+ will be introduced providing a hierarchical view of devices.
+
+* ``eth_driver`` is planned to be removed in 17.02. This currently serves as
+ a placeholder for PMDs to register themselves. Changes for ``rte_bus`` will
+ provide a way to handle device initialization currently being done in
+ ``eth_driver``.
+
+* In 17.02 ABI changes are planned: the ``rte_eth_dev`` structure will be
+ extended with new function pointer ``tx_pkt_prepare`` allowing verification
and processing of packet burst to meet HW specific requirements before
transmit. Also new fields will be added to the ``rte_eth_desc_lim`` structure:
``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.
-* The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification
- mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now
- available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device arguments
- so that it only cares about hotplugging.
+* 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.
-* Structures embodying pci and vdev devices are going to be reworked to
- integrate new common rte_device / rte_driver objects (see
- http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031390.html).
- ethdev and crypto libraries will then only handle those objects so that they
- do not need to care about the kind of devices that are being used, making it
- easier to add new buses later.
-
-* ABI changes are planned for 16.11 in the ``rte_mbuf`` structure: some fields
+* 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
store address is not naturally aligned. Other mbuf fields, such as the
- ``port`` field, may be moved or removed as part of this mbuf work.
+ ``port`` field, may be moved or removed as part of this mbuf work. A
+ ``timestamp`` will also be added.
* 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 in 16.07 and will be removed in 16.11.
+ their behavior will be kept until 16.11 and will be removed in 17.02.
* mempool: The functions ``rte_mempool_count`` and ``rte_mempool_free_count``
will be removed in 17.02.
and will be removed in 17.02.
It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
-* The vhost-cuse will be removed in 16.11. Since v2.1, a large majority of
- development effort has gone to vhost-user, such as multiple-queue, live
- migration, reconnect etc. Therefore, vhost-user should be used instead.
-
-* API will change for ``rte_port_source_params`` and ``rte_port_sink_params``
- structures. The member ``file_name`` data type will be changed from
- ``char *`` to ``const char *``. This change targets release 16.11.
+* 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.