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This patch implements the changes proposed in the deprecation note[1]. Replace multiple color definitions in various places such as rte_meter.h, rte_tm.h and rte_mtr.h with single rte_color defined in rte_meter.h. This is simple search and replace exercise without any implementation change. [1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-January/123861.html Signed-off-by: Jasvinder Singh <jasvinder.singh@intel.com> Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
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Copyright 2018 The DPDK contributors
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ABI and API Deprecation
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=======================
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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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* meson: The minimum supported version of meson for configuring and building
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DPDK will be increased to v0.47.1 (from 0.41) from DPDK 19.05 onwards. For
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those users with a version earlier than 0.47.1, an updated copy of meson
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can be got using the ``pip``, or ``pip3``, tool for downloading python
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packages.
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* kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter
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for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case.
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* eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.11.
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New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of
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device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the
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new scheme of device identification.
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As such, ``rte_devargs`` device representation will change.
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- The enum ``rte_devtype`` was used to identify a bus and will disappear.
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- Functions previously deprecated will change or disappear:
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+ ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
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* vfio: removal of ``rte_vfio_dma_map`` and ``rte_vfio_dma_unmap`` APIs which
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have been replaced with ``rte_dev_dma_map`` and ``rte_dev_dma_unmap``
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functions. The due date for the removal targets DPDK 20.02.
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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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* dpaa2: removal of ``rte_dpaa2_memsegs`` structure which has been replaced
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by a pa-va search library. This structure was earlier being used for holding
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memory segments used by dpaa2 driver for faster pa->va translation. This
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structure would be made internal (or removed if all dependencies are cleared)
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in future releases.
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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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* kni: remove KNI ethtool support. To clarify, this is not to remove the KNI,
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but only to remove ethtool support of it that is disabled by default and
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can be enabled via ``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL`` config option.
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Existing KNI ethtool implementation is only supported by ``igb`` & ``ixgbe``
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drivers, by using a copy of kernel drivers in DPDK. This model cannot be
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extended to all drivers in DPDK and it is too much effort to maintain
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kernel modules in DPDK. As a result users won't be able to use ``ethtool``
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via ``igb`` & ``ixgbe`` anymore.
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* cryptodev: New member in ``rte_cryptodev_config`` to allow applications to
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disable features supported by the crypto device. Only the following features
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would be allowed to be disabled this way,
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- ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYMMETRIC_CRYPTO``
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- ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_ASYMMETRIC_CRYPTO``
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- ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SECURITY``
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Disabling unused features would facilitate efficient usage of HW/SW offload.
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- Member ``uint64_t ff_disable`` in ``rte_cryptodev_config``
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The field would be added in v19.08.
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* cryptodev: the ``uint8_t *data`` member of ``key`` structure in the xforms
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structure (``rte_crypto_cipher_xform``, ``rte_crypto_auth_xform``, and
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``rte_crypto_aead_xform``) will be changed to ``const uint8_t *data``.
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