[dpdk-dev] Guidelines for moving PMDs to new ethdev offloads API

[Shahaf Shuler]

Sunday, December 10, 2017 7:52 AM, Stephen Hemminger:
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> On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 05:35:45 +0000
> Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com> wrote:
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> > In 17.11 the ethdev offloads API has changed:
> >
> >                 commit cba7f53b717d ("ethdev: introduce Tx queue offloads API")
> >
> >                 commit ce17eddefc20 ("ethdev: introduce Rx queue offloads API")
> The new API is documented in the programmer's guide:
> >
> >
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> > As announced in the deprecation notice, the old API is planned to be
> removed in 18.05:
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> 
> I agree with this change. but how can it be done with out breaking ABI?

Not sure I understand. 
The new API has already been accepted on 17.11. 
you mean the deprecation in 18.05?  This also been accepted during 17.11 release.