X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Fdeprecation.rst;h=8df41cb6ad6bee2330ecf878925e861eef0cff85;hb=2808423a9ce42a748aed77a4b487be27d2b6acfa;hp=103520cc280e226ecadd7d7f6a9724427ed78b65;hpb=006bb2cc209f6ba11230743c0402e6c29a29efc8;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 103520cc28..8df41cb6ad 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ Deprecation Notices - if DPDK is not running as root and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, path will be set to ``/tmp/dpdk//config`` -* eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.05. +* eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.08. New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the new scheme of device identification. As such, ``rte_devargs`` device representation will change. - - removal of ``name`` and ``args`` fields. - The enum ``rte_devtype`` was used to identify a bus and will disappear. - Functions previously deprecated will change or disappear: @@ -59,25 +58,6 @@ Deprecation Notices experimental API ``rte_pktmbuf_attach_extbuf()`` is used. Removal of the macro is to fix this semantic inconsistency. -* ethdev: a new Tx and Rx offload API was introduced on 17.11. - In the new API, offloads are divided into per-port and per-queue offloads. - Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request. - - In later releases the old offloading API will be deprecated, which will include: - - removal of ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` flags. - - removal of ``txq_flags`` field from ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct. - - removal of the offloads bit-field from ``rte_eth_rxmode`` struct. - -* ethdev: A new offloading flag ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC`` will be added in v18.08, - This will replace the usage of not setting ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP`` flag - and will be implemented in PMDs accordingly. - In v18.08 both ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC`` and ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP`` flags - will be available, usage will be: - ``CRC_STRIP``: Strip CRC from packet - ``KEEP_CRC``: Keep CRC in packet - Both ``CRC_STRIP`` & ``KEEP_CRC``: Invalid - No flag: Keep CRC in packet - * ethdev: In v18.11 ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP`` offload flag will be removed, default behavior without any flag will be changed to CRC strip. To keep CRC ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC`` flag is required.