On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:32:28 +0000
Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.bura...@intel.com> wrote:
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
Acked-by: Jonas Pfefferle <peppe...@japf.ch>
