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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. |