X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Fdeprecation.rst;h=9f825f09e6cfd99072ec099b04ce257863973068;hb=b01dc3da88454cf8bb3f7a364595c94c137f2463;hp=230f0cc621892aac15a3d0e16669bcfff41ade2e;hpb=7ca1e39af2160e85fe178b6d73e2e48fe2dde83c;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 230f0cc621..9f825f09e6 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright 2018 The DPDK contributors + ABI and API Deprecation ======================= @@ -8,21 +11,6 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- -* eal: certain structures will change in EAL on account of upcoming external - memory support. Aside from internal changes leading to an ABI break, the - following externally visible changes will also be implemented: - - - ``rte_memseg_list`` will change to include a boolean flag indicating - whether a particular memseg list is externally allocated. This will have - implications for any users of memseg-walk-related functions, as they will - now have to skip externally allocated segments in most cases if the intent - is to only iterate over internal DPDK memory. - - ``socket_id`` parameter across the entire DPDK will gain additional meaning, - as some socket ID's will now be representing externally allocated memory. No - changes will be required for existing code as backwards compatibility will - be kept, and those who do not use this feature will not see these extra - socket ID's. - * eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.11. 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 @@ -53,12 +41,6 @@ Deprecation Notices experimental API ``rte_pktmbuf_attach_extbuf()`` is used. Removal of the macro is to fix this semantic inconsistency. -* 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. - ``KEEP_CRC``: Keep CRC in packet - No flag: Strip CRC from packet - * 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, @@ -85,10 +67,3 @@ Deprecation Notices - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed; - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed; - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed. - -* ethdev: flow API function ``rte_flow_copy()`` will be deprecated in v18.11 - in favor of ``rte_flow_conv()`` (which will appear in that version) and - subsequently removed for v19.02. - - This is due to a lack of flexibility and reliance on a type unusable with - C++ programs (struct rte_flow_desc).