Due to coming changes outlined in memory hotplug RFC, there will be several API/ABI changes.
Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.bura...@intel.com> --- Notes: Patch outlining future changes: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/32467/ v2: added rte_mem_config and rte_memzone changes to the announcement doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 13e8543..93cbeea 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* eal: due to internal data layoyut reorganization, there will be changes to + several structures and functions as a result of coming changes to support + memory hotplug in v18.05. + ``rte_eal_get_physmem_layout`` will be deprecated and removed in subsequent + releases. + ``rte_mem_config`` contents will change due to switch to memseg lists. + ``rte_memzone`` member ``memseg_id`` will no longer serve any useful purpose + and will be removed. + * eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v18.02. 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`` -- 2.7.4