experimental API ``rte_pktmbuf_attach_extbuf()`` is used. Removal of the macro
is to fix this semantic inconsistency.
-* ethdev: a new Tx and Rx offload API was introduced on 17.11.
- In the new API, offloads are divided into per-port and per-queue offloads.
- Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request.
-
- In later releases the old offloading API will be deprecated, which will include:
- - removal of ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` flags.
- - removal of ``txq_flags`` field from ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct.
- - removal of the offloads bit-field from ``rte_eth_rxmode`` struct.
-
-* ethdev: A new offloading flag ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC`` will be added in v18.08,
- This will replace the usage of not setting ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP`` flag
- and will be implemented in PMDs accordingly.
- In v18.08 both ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC`` and ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP`` flags
- will be available, usage will be:
- ``CRC_STRIP``: Strip CRC from packet
- ``KEEP_CRC``: Keep CRC in packet
- Both ``CRC_STRIP`` & ``KEEP_CRC``: Invalid
- No flag: Keep CRC in packet
-
* ethdev: In v18.11 ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP`` offload flag will be removed, default
behavior without any flag will be changed to CRC strip.
To keep CRC ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC`` flag is required.
* cryptodev: The following changes will be made in the library
for 18.08:
- - Removal of ``sym`` structure in ``rte_cryptodev_info`` structure,
- containing fields not relevant anymore since the session mempool
- is not internal in the crypto device anymore.
- - Replacement of ``pci_dev`` field with the more generic ``rte_device``
- structure.
- Functions ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_attach_sym_session()`` and
``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_dettach_sym_session()`` will be deprecated from
18.05 and removed in 18.08, as there are no drivers doing anything useful