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doc: reduce initial offload API rework scope to drivers

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Do ethdev new offloading API switch in two steps.

In v18.05 target is implementing the new ethdev-PMD offload interface,
which means converting all PMDs to new offloading API.

Next target is removing the old ethdev offload API.
It will effect applications and will force them to implement new
offloading API.

Fixes: 3004d34541 ("doc: update deprecation of ethdev offload API")

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
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Ferruh Yigit 2018-04-13 22:20:59 +01:00 committed by Thomas Monjalon
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@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
* ethdev: a new Tx and Rx offload API was introduced on 17.11. * 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. In the new API, offloads are divided into per-port and per-queue offloads.
Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request. Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request.
The old offloads API is target to be deprecated on 18.05. This includes:
The old ethdev - drivers offload interface will be deprecated on 18.05.
This includes:
- removal of the conversion in ethdev from new offloading API to old API for drivers.
In later releases the old offloading API will be deprecated, which will include:
- removal of ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` flags. - removal of ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` flags.
- removal of ``txq_flags`` field from ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct. - removal of ``txq_flags`` field from ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct.
- removal of the offloads bit-field from ``rte_eth_rxmode`` struct. - removal of the offloads bit-field from ``rte_eth_rxmode`` struct.