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

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

18.05 tagets ethdev-PMD offload API, which means switching all PMDs to
new offloading API

Next step targets ethdev-application offload API which means forcing
applications to switch to new API

Fixes: 3004d3454192 ("doc: update deprecation of ethdev offload API")
Cc: shahafs@mellanox.com

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 0c696f743..b40c57f28 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -97,8 +97,13 @@ 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 offloads API between ethdev and drivers is target to be deprecated on 18.05.
+  This includes:
 
+  - removal of the conversion in ethdev from new offloading API to old API.
+
+  In later releases the old offloading API between ethdev and applications will be
+  deprecated too, 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.
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