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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shahaf Shuler
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 3:24 PM
> To: nhorman@tuxdriver.com; thomas@monjalon.net
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update deprecation of ethdev offload API
>=20
> Update deprecation notice for the new ethdev offloads API.
> Deprecation of the old offloads API is set to 18.05.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 14 ++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>=20
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/=
deprecation.rst
> index 52058f580..deb546a67 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and
>    their behavior will be kept until 17.08 and will be removed in 17.11.
>=20
> -* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.11.
> -  Instead, the ``rte_eth_txmode`` structure will be extended with
> -  bit field to enable each Tx offload.
> -  Besides of making the Rx/Tx configuration API more consistent for the
> -  application, PMDs will be able to provide a better out of the box perf=
ormance.
> -  As part of the work, ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` will be superseded as well.
> +* 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 offlo=
ads.
> +  Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request.
> +  The old offloads API is target to be deprecated on 18.05. This include=
s:
> +
> +  - 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.
>=20
>  * ethdev: the legacy filter API, including
>    ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as w=
ell
> --

Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> 2.12.0