[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 15/15] doc: add IOVA aware API changes in release notes

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Mon Nov 6 02:41:41 CET 2017


The wording changes have been done in the API without breaking
the ABI. The deprecated fields and symbols can be removed later
when an another ABI change will be required.
The deprecation notice can be removed.

The release notes describe the new available API with IOVA wording.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst   |  7 -------
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index a93c3e170..817f19213 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
   - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
 
-* eal: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 to make DPDK aware of IOVA address
-  translation scheme.
-  Reference to phys address in EAL data-structure or functions may change to
-  IOVA address or more appropriate name.
-  The change will be only for the name.
-  Functional aspects of the API or data-structure will remain same.
-
 * pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed.
   The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced:
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
index b96b23614..85505fa8e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
@@ -321,6 +321,23 @@ API Changes
 * ``rte_mem_phy2mch`` was used in Xen dom0 to obtain the physical address;
   remove this API as Xen dom0 support was removed.
 
+* **Some data type, structure members and functions related to physical address
+  are deprecated and have new alias with IOVA wording.**
+
+  * ``phys_addr_t`` can be often replaced by ``rte_iova_t`` of same size.
+  * ``RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR`` is often replaced by ``RTE_BAD_IOVA`` of same value.
+  * ``rte_memseg.phys_addr`` is aliased with ``rte_memseg.iova_addr``.
+  * ``rte_mem_virt2phy()`` can often be replaced by ``rte_mem_virt2iova``.
+  * ``rte_malloc_virt2phy`` is aliased with ``rte_malloc_virt2iova``.
+  * ``rte_memzone.phys_addr`` is aliased with ``rte_memzone.iova``.
+  * ``rte_mempool_objhdr.physaddr`` is aliased with ``rte_mempool_objhdr.iova``.
+  * ``rte_mempool_memhdr.phys_addr`` is aliased with ``rte_mempool_memhdr.iova``.
+  * ``rte_mempool_virt2phy()`` can be replaced by ``rte_mempool_virt2iova()``.
+  * ``rte_mempool_populate_phys*()`` are aliased with ``rte_mempool_populate_iova*()``
+  * ``rte_mbuf.buf_physaddr`` is aliased with ``rte_mbuf.buf_iova``.
+  * ``rte_mbuf_data_dma_addr*()`` are aliased with ``rte_mbuf_data_iova*()``.
+  * ``rte_pktmbuf_mtophys*`` are aliased with ``rte_pktmbuf_iova*()``.
+
 * **PCI bus API moved outside of the EAL**
 
   The PCI bus previously implemented within the EAL has been moved.
-- 
2.14.2



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