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doc: update devargs changes planned in 17.11

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Suggested-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
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Gaetan Rivet 2017-08-04 15:29:00 +02:00 committed by Thomas Monjalon
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doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
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@ -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.
* 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:
Accompanying this evolution, device command line parameters will thus support
explicit bus definition in a device declaration.
- ``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: