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@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
Deprecation Notices
-------------------
-* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v17.11.
+* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v18.02.
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:
+ modified or removed in 18.02:
- ``rte_eal_devargs_add``
- ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ Deprecation Notices
- ``eal_parse_pci_DomBDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse``
- ``rte_eal_compare_pci_addr`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_cmp``
-* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.11.
- Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with
- bit field to enable each Tx offload.
- Besides of making the Rx/Tx configuration API more consistent for the
- application, PMDs will be able to provide a better out of the box performance.
- As part of the work, ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` will be superseded as well.
+* ethdev: a new Tx and Rx offload API was introduced on 17.11.
+ In the new API, offloads are divided into per-port and per-queue offloads.
+ Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request.
+ The old offloads API is target to be deprecated on 18.05. This includes:
+
+ - removal of ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` flags.
+ - removal of ``txq_flags`` field from ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct.
+ - removal of the offloads bit-field from ``rte_eth_rxmode`` struct.
* ethdev: the legacy filter API, including
``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well