In order to simplify the use of rte_dev_probe() and rte_dev_remove() by applications, rte_dev_probe() will return a reference on the rte_device stating DPDK v20.11.
Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <[email protected]> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index d1034f60fd..8661a673b5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -130,3 +130,8 @@ Deprecation Notices Python 2 support will be completely removed in 20.11. In 20.08, explicit deprecation warnings will be displayed when running scripts with Python 2. + +* eal: Change ``rte_dev_probe`` API in DPDK v20.11 to return a pointer on the + probed rte_device or NULL instead of 0 or an error code. This change will + allow applications avoid iterating on devices after a probe to get access to + the new rte_device. -- 2.26.2
