X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Fdeprecation.rst;h=1438c777b4f66a818b979d2dffddc5c793b2e69c;hb=4ec6960aec264172ac22f89c31ec4b43234bb264;hp=604a8992f4d05352c057ebb5a07675cc0d22eba2;hpb=e32bbdb218ed7cf133d06acac2ee407601ca31a0;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 604a8992f4..1438c777b4 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,89 +8,74 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- -* Significant ABI changes are planned for struct rte_eth_dev to support up to - 1024 queues per port. This change will be in release 2.2. - There is no backward compatibility planned from release 2.2. - All binaries will need to be rebuilt from release 2.2. - -* The Macros RTE_HASH_BUCKET_ENTRIES_MAX and RTE_HASH_KEY_LENGTH_MAX are - deprecated and will be removed with version 2.2. - -* The function rte_jhash2 is deprecated and should be removed. - -* The field mem_location of the rte_lpm structure is deprecated and should be - removed as well as the macros RTE_LPM_HEAP and RTE_LPM_MEMZONE. - -* librte_malloc library has been integrated into librte_eal. The 2.1 release - creates a dummy/empty malloc library to fulfill binaries with dynamic linking - dependencies on librte_malloc.so. Such dummy library will not be created from - release 2.2 so binaries will need to be rebuilt. - -* The following fields have been deprecated in rte_eth_stats: - imissed, ibadcrc, ibadlen, imcasts, fdirmatch, fdirmiss, - tx_pause_xon, rx_pause_xon, tx_pause_xoff, rx_pause_xoff - -* API for flow director filters has been replaced by rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl. - Following old API is deprecated and will be removed with version 2.2 without - backward compatibility. - Functions: rte_eth_dev_fdir_*. - Structures: rte_fdir_*, rte_eth_fdir. - Enums: rte_l4type, rte_iptype. - -* ABI changes are planned for struct rte_eth_fdir_flow_ext in order to support - flow director filtering in VF. The release 2.1 does not contain these ABI - changes, but release 2.2 will, and no backwards compatibility is planned. - -* ABI changes are planned for struct rte_eth_fdir_filter and - rte_eth_fdir_masks in order to support new flow director modes, - MAC VLAN and Cloud, on x550. The MAC VLAN mode means the MAC and - VLAN are monitored. The Cloud mode is for VxLAN and NVGRE, and - the tunnel type, TNI/VNI, inner MAC and inner VLAN are monitored. - The release 2.2 will contain these changes without backwards compatibility. - -* librte_kni: Functions based on port id are deprecated for a long time and - should be removed (rte_kni_create, rte_kni_get_port_id and rte_kni_info_get). - -* librte_pmd_ring: The deprecated functions rte_eth_ring_pair_create and - rte_eth_ring_pair_attach should be removed. - -* ABI changes are planned for struct virtio_net in order to support vhost-user - multiple queues feature. - It should be integrated in release 2.2 without backward compatibility. - -* The scheduler hierarchy structure (rte_sched_port_hierarchy) will change to - allow for a larger number of subport entries. - The number of available traffic_classes and queues may also change. - The mbuf structure element for sched hierarchy will also change from a single - 32 bit to a 64 bit structure. - -* The scheduler statistics structure will change to allow keeping track of - RED actions. - -* librte_acl: The structure rte_acl_ipv4vlan_rule is deprecated and should - be removed as well as the associated functions rte_acl_ipv4vlan_add_rules - and rte_acl_ipv4vlan_build. - -* librte_cfgfile: In order to allow for longer names and values, - the value of macros CFG_NAME_LEN and CFG_NAME_VAL will be increased. - Most likely, the new values will be 64 and 256, respectively. - -* librte_port: Macros to access the packet meta-data stored within the - packet buffer will be adjusted to cover the packet mbuf structure as well, - as currently they are able to access any packet buffer location except the - packet mbuf structure. - -* librte_table LPM: A new parameter to hold the table name will be added to - the LPM table parameter structure. - -* librte_table: New functions for table entry bulk add/delete will be added - to the table operations structure. - -* librte_table hash: Key mask parameter will be added to the hash table - parameter structure for 8-byte key and 16-byte key extendible bucket and - LRU tables. - -* librte_pipeline: The prototype for the pipeline input port, output port - and table action handlers will be updated: - the pipeline parameter will be added, the packets mask parameter will be - either removed (for input port action handler) or made input-only. +* 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 17.02. + +* 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. + +* In 17.02 ABI change is planned: the ``rte_eth_dev_info`` structure + will be extended with a new member ``fw_version`` in order to store + the NIC firmware version. + +* 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. + +* ethdev: for 17.02 it is planned to deprecate the following five functions + and move them in ixgbe: + + ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rxmode`` + + ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rx`` + + ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_tx`` + + ``rte_eth_dev_set_vf_vlan_filter`` + + ``rte_eth_set_vf_rate_limit`` + +* 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. 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 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. + They are replaced by ``rte_mempool_avail_count`` and + ``rte_mempool_in_use_count`` respectively. + +* mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated + and will be removed in 17.02. + It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions. + +* 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.