X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Fdeprecation.rst;h=755dc65c6e9014e2d02d5f3682e86b466075d0e6;hb=19ffc1615d5e03654df805413dfac3a66d407dc1;hp=7fc118593aa991f63aee738f91ae429d004e61f6;hpb=16695af340a954f1cc12f22eb755428685600cdc;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 7fc118593a..755dc65c6e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,32 +8,57 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- -* The log history is deprecated. - It is voided in 16.07 and will be removed in release 16.11. +* 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. -* The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification - mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now - available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device arguments - so that it only cares about hotplugging. +* 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. -* Structures embodying pci and vdev devices are going to be reworked to - integrate new common rte_device / rte_driver objects (see - http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031390.html). - ethdev and crypto libraries will then only handle those objects so that they - do not need to care about the kind of devices that are being used, making it - easier to add new buses later. +* ``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. + +* 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. + +* 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 in 16.07 and will be removed in 16.11. + 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. -* The APIs rte_mempool_count and rte_mempool_free_count are being deprecated - on the basis that they are confusing to use - free_count actually returns - the number of allocated entries, not the number of free entries as expected. - They are being 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. -* The mempool functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated and - will be removed in 16.11. - 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.