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+ABI and API Deprecation
+=======================
+
+See the :doc:`guidelines document for details of the ABI policy </contributing/versioning>`.
+API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
+
+
+Deprecation Notices
+-------------------
+
+* eal: the following functions are deprecated starting from 17.05 and will
+  be removed in 17.08:
+
+  - ``rte_set_log_level``, replaced by ``rte_log_set_global_level``
+  - ``rte_get_log_level``, replaced by ``rte_log_get_global_level``
+  - ``rte_set_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_set_level``
+  - ``rte_get_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_get_level``
+
+* devargs: An ABI change is planned for 17.08 for the structure ``rte_devargs``.
+  The current version is dependent on bus-specific device identifier, which will
+  be made generic and abstracted, in order to make the EAL bus-agnostic.
+
+  Accompanying this evolution, device command line parameters will thus support
+  explicit bus definition in a device declaration.
+
+* igb_uio: iomem mapping and sysfs files created for iomem and ioport in
+  igb_uio will be removed, because we are able to detect these from what Linux
+  has exposed, like the way we have done with uio-pci-generic. This change
+  targets release 17.05.
+
+* The VDEV subsystem will be converted as driver of the new bus model.
+  It may imply some EAL API changes in 17.08.
+
+* The struct ``rte_pci_driver`` is planned to be removed from
+  ``rte_cryptodev_driver`` and ``rte_eventdev_driver`` in 17.08.
+
+* ethdev: An API change is planned for 17.08 for the function
+  ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process``. In 17.08 the function will return an ``int``
+  instead of ``void`` and a fourth parameter ``void *ret_param`` will be added.
+
+* ethdev: for 17.08 it is planned to deprecate the following nine rte_eth_dev_*
+  functions and move them into the ixgbe PMD:
+
+  ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_init``, ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_state_set``,
+  ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_state_show``, ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_event_store``,
+  ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_event_show``, ``rte_eth_dev_wd_timeout_store``,
+  ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_wd_timeout_show``, ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_ver_show``,
+  ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_wd_reset``.
+
+  The following fields will be removed from ``struct eth_dev_ops``:
+
+  ``bypass_init_t``, ``bypass_state_set_t``, ``bypass_state_show_t``,
+  ``bypass_event_set_t``, ``bypass_event_show_t``, ``bypass_wd_timeout_set_t``,
+  ``bypass_wd_timeout_show_t``, ``bypass_ver_show_t``, ``bypass_wd_reset_t``.
+
+  The functions will be renamed to the following, and moved to the ``ixgbe`` PMD:
+
+  ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_init``, ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_state_set``,
+  ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_state_show``, ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_event_set``,
+  ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_event_show``, ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_set``,
+  ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_show``, ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_ver_show``,
+  ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_reset``.
+
+* The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated and
+  are respectively replaced by PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED and
+  PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and
+  their behavior will be kept until 17.05 and will be removed in 17.08.
+
+* ethdev: Tx offloads will no longer be enabled by default in 17.08.
+  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 performance.
+  As part of the work, ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` will be superseded as well.
+
+* ethdev: the legacy filter API, including
+  ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well
+  as filter types MACVLAN, ETHERTYPE, FLEXIBLE, SYN, NTUPLE, TUNNEL, FDIR,
+  HASH and L2_TUNNEL, is superseded by the generic flow API (rte_flow) in
+  PMDs that implement the latter.
+  Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
+  PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
+
+* cryptodev: All PMD names definitions will be moved to the individual PMDs
+  in 17.08.
+
+* cryptodev: The following changes will be done in in 17.08:
+
+  - the device type enumeration ``rte_cryptodev_type`` will be removed
+  - the following structures will be changed: ``rte_cryptodev_session``,
+    ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session``, ``rte_cryptodev_info``, ``rte_cryptodev``
+  - the function ``rte_cryptodev_count_devtype`` will be replaced by
+    ``rte_cryptodev_device_count_by_driver``
+
+* cryptodev: API changes are planned for 17.08 for the sessions management
+  to make it agnostic to the underlying devices, removing coupling with
+  crypto PMDs, so a single session can be used on multiple devices.
+
+  - ``struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session``, dev_id, dev_type will be removed,
+    _private field changed to the indirect array of private data pointers of
+    all supported devices
+
+  An API of followed functions will be changed to allow operate on multiple
+  devices with one session:
+
+  - ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create``
+  - ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_free``
+  - ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_pool_create``
+
+  While dev_id will not be stored in the ``struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session``,
+  directly, the change of followed API is required:
+
+  - ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_attach_sym_session``
+  - ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_detach_sym_session``
+
+* cryptodev: the structures ``rte_crypto_op``, ``rte_crypto_sym_op``
+  and ``rte_crypto_sym_xform`` will be restructured in 17.08,
+  for correctness and improvement.
+
+* crypto/scheduler: the following two functions are deprecated starting
+  from 17.05 and will be removed in 17.08:
+
+  - ``rte_crpytodev_scheduler_mode_get``, replaced by ``rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_get``
+  - ``rte_crpytodev_scheduler_mode_set``, replaced by ``rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_set``
+
+* librte_table: The ``key_mask`` parameter will be added to all the hash tables
+  that currently do not have it, as well as to the hash compute function prototype.
+  The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed
+  (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter)
+  and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly.