On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain at nxp.com> wrote: > Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain at nxp.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 1a9e1ae..2af2476 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -35,3 +35,13 @@ Deprecation Notices > * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated > and will be removed in 17.02. > It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions. > + > +* ABI/API changes are planned for 17.02: ``rte_device``, ``rte_driver`` will > be > + impacted because of introduction of a new ``rte_bus`` hierarchy. This would > + also impact the way devices are identified by EAL. A bus-device-driver > model > + will be introduced providing a hierarchical view of devices. > + > +* ``eth_driver`` is planned to be removed in 17.02. This currently serves as > + a placeholder for PMDs to register themselves. Changes for ``rte_bus`` will > + provide a way to handle device initialization currently being done in > + ``eth_driver``. > -- > 2.7.4 >
Acked-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com> -- David Marchand