[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: reduce initial offload API scope to drivers

[Shahaf Shuler]

Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:21 AM, Ferruh Yigit:
> Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: reduce initial offload API scope to drivers
> 
> 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: 3004d3454192 ("doc: update deprecation of ethdev offload API")
> Cc: shahafs at mellanox.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> ---
> v2:
> * Update commit log and deprecation notice for clarification
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index c929dcc31..fd9def20c 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * 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.
>    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 ``txq_flags`` field from ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct.
>    - removal of the offloads bit-field from ``rte_eth_rxmode`` struct.
> --
> 2.14.3

Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>