6db0713e25
Removed the deprication notice for ABI breakage and updated release notes for rte_security. Signed-off-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>
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ABI and API Deprecation
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See the :doc:`guidelines document for details of the ABI policy </contributing/versioning>`.
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API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
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Deprecation Notices
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-------------------
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* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v17.11.
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The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need
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to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype``
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was used to identify a bus and will disappear.
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The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change.
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The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private.
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The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be
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modified or removed in 17.11:
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- ``rte_eal_devargs_add``
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- ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
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- ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
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* pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed.
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The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced:
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- ``eal_parse_pci_BDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse``
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- ``eal_parse_pci_DomBDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse``
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- ``rte_eal_compare_pci_addr`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_cmp``
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* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.11.
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Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with
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bit field to enable each Tx offload.
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Besides of making the Rx/Tx configuration API more consistent for the
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application, PMDs will be able to provide a better out of the box performance.
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As part of the work, ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` will be superseded as well.
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* ethdev: the legacy filter API, including
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``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well
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as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR,
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HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow) in
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PMDs that implement the latter.
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Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
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PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
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* librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles.
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Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.
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