Hotplug functions should be used directly to add and remove devices.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybche...@solarflare.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index fc3bf1a0b..2d8f03472 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
Function ``rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name()`` may be used to find
identifier of the added port.
+* eal: In v18.11 ``rte_eal_dev_attach()`` and ``rte_eal_dev_detach()``
+ will be removed.
+ Hotplug functions ``rte_eal_hotplug_add()`` and ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove()``
+ should be used directly.
+
* pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure
are expected in subsequent release.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
index ba6e445fc..a51f296e6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ struct rte_device {
* @return
* 0 on success, negative on error.
*/
+__rte_deprecated
int rte_eal_dev_attach(const char *name, const char *devargs);
/**
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ int rte_eal_dev_attach(const char *name, const char
*devargs);
* @return
* 0 on success, negative on error.
*/
+__rte_deprecated
int rte_eal_dev_detach(struct rte_device *dev);
/**
--
2.17.1
