X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Fdeprecation.rst;h=2e708dbe0deb29d5d7b5b83f46b4086c11cf4e3b;hb=856ceb331b0a;hp=f38c13f31fb74f817f9a9afca0638a21b99a4d92;hpb=2a8d6001d48bc8e57f55520f0a21a1d3a84488a6;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f38c13f31f..2e708dbe0d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -29,42 +29,15 @@ Deprecation Notices targets release 17.05. * The VDEV subsystem will be converted as driver of the new bus model. - It will imply some EAL API changes in 17.05. + It may imply some EAL API changes in 17.08. * The struct ``rte_pci_driver`` is planned to be removed from - ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` in 17.05. - -* ethdev: An API change is planned for 17.08 for the function - ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process``. In 17.08 the function will return an ``int`` - instead of ``void`` and a fourth parameter ``void *ret_param`` will be added. - -* ethdev: for 17.08 it is planned to deprecate the following nine rte_eth_dev_* - functions and move them into the ixgbe PMD: - - ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_init``, ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_state_set``, - ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_state_show``, ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_event_store``, - ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_event_show``, ``rte_eth_dev_wd_timeout_store``, - ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_wd_timeout_show``, ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_ver_show``, - ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_wd_reset``. - - The following fields will be removed from ``struct eth_dev_ops``: - - ``bypass_init_t``, ``bypass_state_set_t``, ``bypass_state_show_t``, - ``bypass_event_set_t``, ``bypass_event_show_t``, ``bypass_wd_timeout_set_t``, - ``bypass_wd_timeout_show_t``, ``bypass_ver_show_t``, ``bypass_wd_reset_t``. - - The functions will be renamed to the following, and moved to the ``ixgbe`` PMD: - - ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_init``, ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_state_set``, - ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_state_show``, ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_event_set``, - ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_event_show``, ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_set``, - ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_show``, ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_ver_show``, - ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_reset``. + ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` and ``rte_eventdev_driver`` in 17.08. * 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 17.02 and will be removed in 17.05. + their behavior will be kept until 17.05 and will be removed in 17.08. * ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.08. Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with @@ -81,8 +54,44 @@ Deprecation Notices Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most PMDs have switched to rte_flow. -* crypto/scheduler: the following two functions are deprecated starting - from 17.05 and will be removed in 17.08: +* cryptodev: All PMD names definitions will be moved to the individual PMDs + in 17.08. + +* cryptodev: The following changes will be done in in 17.08: + + - the device type enumeration ``rte_cryptodev_type`` will be removed + - the following structures will be changed: ``rte_cryptodev_session``, + ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session``, ``rte_cryptodev_info``, ``rte_cryptodev`` + - the function ``rte_cryptodev_count_devtype`` will be replaced by + ``rte_cryptodev_device_count_by_driver`` + +* cryptodev: API changes are planned for 17.08 for the sessions management + to make it agnostic to the underlying devices, removing coupling with + crypto PMDs, so a single session can be used on multiple devices. + + - ``struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session``, dev_id, dev_type will be removed, + _private field changed to the indirect array of private data pointers of + all supported devices + + An API of followed functions will be changed to allow operate on multiple + devices with one session: + + - ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create`` + - ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_free`` + - ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_pool_create`` + + While dev_id will not be stored in the ``struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session``, + directly, the change of followed API is required: + + - ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_attach_sym_session`` + - ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_detach_sym_session`` + +* cryptodev: the structures ``rte_crypto_op``, ``rte_crypto_sym_op`` + and ``rte_crypto_sym_xform`` will be restructured in 17.08, + for correctness and improvement. - - ``rte_crpytodev_scheduler_mode_get``, replaced by ``rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_get`` - - ``rte_crpytodev_scheduler_mode_set``, replaced by ``rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_set`` +* 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.