X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Fdeprecation.rst;h=f502f86375a6bf5f140bfe89e0a1f272fa43fecd;hb=a0fd91cefcc054b770dec6d8fb60db0d3145c45a;hp=f8a41dda8edc7022a1efd74ccf8729df80577de6;hpb=ea1340ee3cabbccaa325da52097c60adcf057770;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f8a41dda8e..f502f86375 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,36 +8,36 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- -* The following fields have been deprecated in rte_eth_stats: - ibadcrc, ibadlen, imcasts, fdirmatch, fdirmiss, - tx_pause_xon, rx_pause_xon, tx_pause_xoff, rx_pause_xoff - -* The ethdev structures rte_eth_link, rte_eth_dev_info and rte_eth_conf - must be updated to support 100G link and to have a cleaner link speed API. - -* ABI changes is planned for the reta field in struct rte_eth_rss_reta_entry64 - which handles at most 256 entries (8 bits) while newer NICs support larger - tables (512 entries). - It should be integrated in release 2.3. - -* ABI changes are planned for struct rte_eth_fdir_flow in order to support - extend flow director's input set. The release 2.2 does not contain these ABI - changes, but release 2.3 will, and no backwards compatibility is planned. - -* ABI changes are planned for rte_eth_tunnel_filter_conf. Change the fields - of outer_mac and inner_mac from pointer to struct in order to keep the - code's readability. The release 2.2 does not contain these ABI changes, but - release 2.3 will, and no backwards compatibility is planned. - -* The scheduler statistics structure will change to allow keeping track of - RED actions. - -* librte_pipeline: The prototype for the pipeline input port, output port - and table action handlers will be updated: - the pipeline parameter will be added, the packets mask parameter will be - either removed (for input port action handler) or made input-only. - -* ABI changes are planned in cmdline buffer size to allow the use of long - commands (such as RETA update in testpmd). This should impact - CMDLINE_PARSE_RESULT_BUFSIZE, STR_TOKEN_SIZE and RDLINE_BUF_SIZE. - It should be integrated in release 2.3. +* The log history is deprecated. + It is voided in 16.07 and will be removed in release 16.11. + +* 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. + +* 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. + +* ABI changes are planned for adding four new flow types. This impacts + RTE_ETH_FLOW_MAX. The release 2.2 does not contain these ABI changes, + but release 2.3 will. [postponed] + +* 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. + +* 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. + +* 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.