doc: deprecate Xen support

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / deprecation.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -9,37 +9,35 @@ Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
 * eal: the following functions are deprecated starting from 17.05 and will
-  be removed in 17.08:
+  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``
 
-* devargs: An ABI change is planned for 17.08 for the structure ``rte_devargs``.
-  The current version is dependent on bus-specific device identifier, which will
-  be made generic and abstracted, in order to make the EAL bus-agnostic.
-
-  Accompanying this evolution, device command line parameters will thus support
-  explicit bus definition in a device declaration.
-
-* 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.
-
-* The VDEV subsystem will be converted as driver of the new bus model.
-  It may imply some EAL API changes in 17.08.
+* 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``
+  was used to identify a bus and will disappear.
+  The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change.
+  The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private.
+  The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be
+  modified or removed in 17.11:
+
+  - ``rte_eal_devargs_add``
+  - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
+  - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
 
-* The struct ``rte_pci_driver`` is planned to be removed from
-  ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` and ``rte_eventdev_driver`` in 17.08.
+* 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.
 
 * 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 17.05 and will be removed in 17.08.
+  their behavior will be kept until 17.08 and will be removed in 17.11.
 
-* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.08.
+* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.11.
   Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with
   bit field to enable each Tx offload.
   Besides of making the Rx/Tx configuration API more consistent for the
@@ -60,11 +58,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter)
   and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly.
 
-* eal: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will
-  be removed in 17.11:
-
-  - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
-
 * cryptodev: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will
   be removed in 17.11: