[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce SA config option struct changes

[Akhil Goyal]

From: Archana Muniganti <marchana at marvell.com>

Propose new fields to support offloads like
- IPsec inner checksum(L3/L4)
- IPsec tunnel header verification
- TSO
- etc
in the structure ``rte_security_ipsec_sa_options``.

Signed-off-by: Archana Muniganti <marchana at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejasree Kondoj <ktejasree at marvell.com>
Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <gakhil at marvell.com>
---
Proposal for changes are floated as per below links.
https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2021-June/212977.html
https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2021-July/213484.html
https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2021-July/214521.html

Cc: Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau at intel.com>

 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 6a35c7649a..96192b4a41 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -151,3 +151,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * security: The functions ``rte_security_set_pkt_metadata`` and
   ``rte_security_get_userdata`` will be made inline functions and additional
   flags will be added in structure ``rte_security_ctx`` in DPDK 21.11.
+
+* security: The IPsec SA config options ``struct rte_security_ipsec_sa_options``
+  will be updated with new fields to support new features like IPsec inner
+  checksum, tunnel header verification, TSO in case of protocol offload.
-- 
2.25.1