Deprecation Notices
-------------------
-* eal: the following functions are deprecated starting from 17.05 and will
- be removed in 17.11:
-
- - ``rte_set_log_level``, replaced by ``rte_log_set_global_level``
- - ``rte_get_log_level``, replaced by ``rte_log_get_global_level``
- - ``rte_set_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_set_level``
- - ``rte_get_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_get_level``
-
* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v17.11.
The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need
to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype``
- ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
- ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
-* eal: the support of Xen dom0 will be removed from EAL in 17.11; and with
- that, drivers/net/xenvirt and examples/vhost_xen will also be removed.
-
-* eal: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 to make DPDK aware of IOVA address
- translation scheme.
- Reference to phys address in EAL data-structure or functions may change to
- IOVA address or more appropriate name.
- The change will be only for the name.
- Functional aspects of the API or data-structure will remain same.
+* pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed.
+ The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced:
-* 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 17.08 and will be removed in 17.11.
+ - ``eal_parse_pci_BDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse``
+ - ``eal_parse_pci_DomBDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse``
+ - ``rte_eal_compare_pci_addr`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_cmp``
* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.11.
Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with
Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
-* librte_table: The ``key_mask`` parameter will be added to all the hash tables
- that currently do not have it, as well as to the hash compute function prototype.
- The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed
- (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter)
- and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly.
+* ethdev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
+ ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_eth_dev_info`` and
+ ``rte_eth_dev`` respectively to support security operations like
+ ipsec inline.
-* cryptodev: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will
- be removed in 17.11:
+* cryptodev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
+ ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_cryptodev_info`` and
+ ``rte_cryptodev`` respectively to support security protocol offloaded
+ operations.
- - ``rte_cryptodev_create_vdev``
+* librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles.
+ Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.