[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce crypto device type enumeration removal

Akhil Goyal akhil.goyal at nxp.com
Tue May 9 10:55:29 CEST 2017


On 5/5/2017 4:54 PM, Slawomir Mrozowicz wrote:
> Refer to RFC patch - cryptodev: remove crypto device type enumeration
>
> It is planned to remove device type enumeration rte_cryptodev_type from
> library to remove the coupling between crypto PMD and the librte_cryptodev.
>
> In this case following stuctures will be changed: rte_cryptodev_session,
> rte_cryptodev_sym_session, rte_cryptodev_info, rte_cryptodev.
>
> It is planned to change the function rte_cryptodev_count_devtype().
> The function prototype doesn’t clearly show the operation.
> From next release 17.08 the dev_type will be changed to driver_id.
> So the function name will change to rte_cryptodev_device_count_by_driver().
>
> Signed-off-by: Slawomir Mrozowicz <slawomirx.mrozowicz at intel.com>
> ---
> Refer to RFC patch: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/24119/
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index a3e7c72..313dcdf 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -81,3 +81,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
>
>    - ``rte_crpytodev_scheduler_mode_get``, replaced by ``rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_get``
>    - ``rte_crpytodev_scheduler_mode_set``, replaced by ``rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_set``
> +
> +* 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``
> \ No newline at end of file
>
Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal at nxp.com>



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