From 95612bee7c3219207b82560283ca5ed1d08f1ab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gaetan Rivet Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 15:29:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update devargs changes planned in 17.11 Suggested-by: Jan Blunck Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index fd47285202..c7fce52ec2 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ Deprecation Notices - ``rte_set_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_set_level`` - ``rte_get_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_get_level`` -* devargs: An ABI change is planned for 17.08 for the structure ``rte_devargs``. - The current version is dependent on bus-specific device identifier, which will - be made generic and abstracted, in order to make the EAL bus-agnostic. - - Accompanying this evolution, device command line parameters will thus support - explicit bus definition in a device declaration. +* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v17.11. + The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need + to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype`` + was used to identify a bus and will disappear. + The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change. + The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private. + The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be + modified or removed in 17.11: + + - ``rte_eal_devargs_add`` + - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count`` + - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` * The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated and are respectively replaced by PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED and @@ -49,11 +55,6 @@ Deprecation Notices (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter) and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly. -* eal: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will - be removed in 17.11: - - - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` - * cryptodev: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will be removed in 17.11: -- 2.20.1