X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Fdeprecation.rst;h=82c1a90a373dbe59ebf4ffcb0c517972bd3ac207;hb=384bac8d65552e429bffae962f2c0872541fe8a4;hp=f3258eb3f72530e72f4f0b106c8d2dbc758066c2;hpb=f348642d6f0d7da89bf6e156ff15a8f89c1db5c6;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f3258eb3f7..82c1a90a37 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -11,46 +11,9 @@ here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- -* build: The macros defined to indicate which DPDK libraries and drivers - are included in the meson build are changing to a standardized format of - ``RTE_LIB_`` and ``RTE__``, where ``NAME`` is the - upper-case component name, e.g. EAL, ETHDEV, IXGBE, and ``CLASS`` is the - upper-case name of the device class to which a driver belongs e.g. - ``NET``, ``CRYPTO``, ``VDPA``. The old macros are deprecated and will be - removed in a future release. - -* meson: The minimum supported version of meson for configuring and building - DPDK will be increased to v0.47.1 (from 0.41) from DPDK 19.05 onwards. For - those users with a version earlier than 0.47.1, an updated copy of meson - can be got using the ``pip3`` tool (or ``python3 -m pip``) for downloading - python packages. - * kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case. -* eal: The terms blacklist and whitelist to describe devices used - by DPDK will be replaced in the 20.11 relase. - This will apply to command line arguments as well as macros. - - The macro ``RTE_DEV_BLACKLISTED`` will be replaced with ``RTE_DEV_EXCLUDED`` - and ``RTE_DEV_WHITELISTED`` will be replaced with ``RTE_DEV_INCLUDED`` - ``RTE_BUS_SCAN_BLACKLIST`` and ``RTE_BUS_SCAN_WHITELIST`` will be - replaced with ``RTE_BUS_SCAN_EXCLUDED`` and ``RTE_BUS_SCAN_INCLUDED`` - respectively. Likewise ``RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI`` and - ``RTE_DEVTYPE_WHITELISTED_PCI`` will be replaced with - ``RTE_DEVTYPE_EXCLUDED`` and ``RTE_DEVTYPE_INCLUDED``. - - The old macros will be marked as deprecated in 20.11 and any - usage will cause a compile warning. They will be removed in - a future release. - - The command line arguments to ``rte_eal_init`` will change from - ``-b, --pci-blacklist`` to ``-x, --exclude`` and - ``-w, --pci-whitelist`` to ``-i, --include``. - The old command line arguments will continue to be accepted in 20.11 - but will cause a runtime warning message. The old arguments will - be removed in a future release. - * eal: The function ``rte_eal_remote_launch`` will return new error codes after read or write error on the pipe, instead of calling ``rte_panic``. @@ -81,13 +44,6 @@ Deprecation Notices us extending existing enum/define. One solution can be using a fixed size array instead of ``.*MAX.*`` value. -* mbuf: Some fields will be converted to dynamic API in DPDK 20.11 - in order to reserve more space for the dynamic fields, as explained in - `this presentation `_. - As a consequence, the layout of the ``struct rte_mbuf`` will be re-arranged, - avoiding impact on vectorized implementation of the driver datapaths, - while evaluating performance gains of a better use of the first cache line. - * ethdev: The flow director API, including ``rte_eth_conf.fdir_conf`` field, and the related structures (``rte_fdir_*`` and ``rte_eth_fdir_*``), will be removed in DPDK 20.11. @@ -100,6 +56,31 @@ Deprecation Notices In 19.11 PMDs will still update the field even when the offload is not enabled. +* ethdev: ``uint32_t max_rx_pkt_len`` field of ``struct rte_eth_rxmode``, will be + replaced by a new ``uint32_t mtu`` field of ``struct rte_eth_conf`` in v21.11. + The new ``mtu`` field will be used to configure the initial device MTU via + ``rte_eth_dev_configure()`` API. + Later MTU can be changed by ``rte_eth_dev_set_mtu()`` API as done now. + The existing ``(struct rte_eth_dev)->data->mtu`` variable will be used to store + the configured ``mtu`` value, + and this new ``(struct rte_eth_dev)->data->dev_conf.mtu`` variable will + be used to store the user configuration request. + Unlike ``max_rx_pkt_len``, which was valid only when ``JUMBO_FRAME`` enabled, + ``mtu`` field will be always valid. + When ``mtu`` config is not provided by the application, default ``RTE_ETHER_MTU`` + value will be used. + ``(struct rte_eth_dev)->data->mtu`` should be updated after MTU set successfully, + either by ``rte_eth_dev_configure()`` or ``rte_eth_dev_set_mtu()``. + + An application may need to configure device for a specific Rx packet size, like for + cases ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER`` is not supported and device received packet size + can't be bigger than Rx buffer size. + To cover these cases an application needs to know the device packet overhead to be + able to calculate the ``mtu`` corresponding to a Rx buffer size, for this + ``(struct rte_eth_dev_info).max_rx_pktlen`` will be kept, + the device packet overhead can be calculated as: + ``(struct rte_eth_dev_info).max_rx_pktlen - (struct rte_eth_dev_info).max_mtu`` + * ethdev: ``rx_descriptor_done`` dev_ops and ``rte_eth_rx_descriptor_done`` will be removed in 21.11. Existing ``rte_eth_rx_descriptor_status`` and ``rte_eth_tx_descriptor_status`` @@ -111,6 +92,20 @@ Deprecation Notices as deprecated in DPDK 20.11, along with the associated macros ``ETH_MIRROR_*``. This API will be fully removed in DPDK 21.11. +* ethdev: Attribute ``shared`` of the ``struct rte_flow_action_count`` + is deprecated and will be removed in DPDK 21.11. Shared counters should + be managed using shared actions API (``rte_flow_shared_action_create`` etc). + +* ethdev: The flow API matching pattern structures, ``struct rte_flow_item_*``, + should start with relevant protocol header. + Some matching pattern structures implements this by duplicating protocol header + fields in the struct. To clarify the intention and to be sure protocol header + is intact, will replace those fields with relevant protocol header struct. + In v21.02 both individual protocol header fields and the protocol header struct + will be added as union, target is switch usage to the protocol header by time. + In v21.11 LTS, protocol header fields will be cleaned and only protocol header + struct will remain. + * ethdev: Queue specific stats fields will be removed from ``struct rte_eth_stats``. Mentioned fields are: ``q_ipackets``, ``q_opackets``, ``q_ibytes``, ``q_obytes``, ``q_errors``. @@ -130,8 +125,3 @@ Deprecation Notices * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-specific content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11, original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11. - -* dpdk-setup.sh: This old script relies on deprecated stuff, and especially - ``make``. Given environments are too much variables for such a simple script, - it will be removed in DPDK 20.11. - Some useful parts may be converted into specific scripts.