New upstream version 18.11upstream/18.11upstream

Change-Id: I6c63198045de1e34fda8a7b4665d89d5f4a20d20
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 34b28234..b48486d3 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
+* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum required
+  version for the DPDK) is not maintained anymore. Therefore the planned
+  minimum required kernel version for DPDK 19.02 will be the next oldest
+  Long Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.16, but compatibility for
+  recent distribution kernels will be kept.
+
+* 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: function ``rte_bsf64`` in ``rte_bitmap.h`` has been renamed to
+  ``rte_bsf64_safe`` and moved to ``rte_common.h``. A new ``rte_bsf64`` function
+  will be added in the next release in ``rte_common.h`` that follows convention
+  set by existing ``rte_bsf32`` function.
+
 * 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
@@ -29,11 +43,22 @@ Deprecation Notices
   - ``eal_parse_pci_DomBDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse``
   - ``rte_eal_compare_pci_addr`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_cmp``
 
+* dpaa2: removal of ``rte_dpaa2_memsegs`` structure which has been replaced
+  by a pa-va search library. This structure was earlier being used for holding
+  memory segments used by dpaa2 driver for faster pa->va translation. This
+  structure would be made internal (or removed if all dependencies are cleared)
+  in future releases.
+
 * mbuf: The opaque ``mbuf->hash.sched`` field will be updated to support generic
   definition in line with the ethdev TM and MTR APIs. Currently, this field
   is defined in librte_sched in a non-generic way. The new generic format
   will contain: queue ID, traffic class, color. Field size will not change.
 
+* sched: Some API functions will change prototype due to the above
+  deprecation note for mbuf->hash.sched, e.g. ``rte_sched_port_pkt_write()``
+  and ``rte_sched_port_pkt_read()`` will likely have an additional parameter
+  of type ``struct rte_sched_port``.
+
 * mbuf: the macro ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()`` will be removed in v18.08 or later and
   replaced with ``RTE_MBUF_CLONED()`` which is already added in v18.05. As
   ``EXT_ATTACHED_MBUF`` is newly introduced in v18.05, ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()``
@@ -49,6 +74,31 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
 
+* ethdev: Maximum and minimum MTU values vary between hardware devices. In
+  hardware agnostic DPDK applications access to such information would allow
+  a more accurate way of validating and setting supported MTU values on a per
+  device basis rather than using a defined default for all devices. To
+  resolve this, the following members will be added to ``rte_eth_dev_info``.
+  Note: these can be added to fit a hole in the existing structure for amd64
+  but not for 32-bit, as such ABI change will occur as size of the structure
+  will increase.
+
+  - Member ``uint16_t min_mtu`` the minimum MTU allowed.
+  - Member ``uint16_t max_mtu`` the maximum MTU allowed.
+
+* security: New field ``uint64_t opaque_data`` is planned to be added into
+  ``rte_security_session`` structure. That would allow upper layer to easily
+  associate/de-associate some user defined data with the security session.
+
+* cryptodev: several API and ABI changes are planned for rte_cryptodev
+  in v19.02:
+
+  - The size and layout of ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` will change
+    to fix existing issues.
+  - The size and layout of ``rte_cryptodev_qp_conf`` and syntax of
+    ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_setup`` will change to to allow to use
+    two different mempools for crypto and device private sessions.
+
 * pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure
   are expected in subsequent release.