The blacklist/whitelist changes to API will not be a breaking
change for applications in this release but worth adding a note
to encourage migration.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
index dee4ccbb5887..9e68544e7920 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ API Changes
Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
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+* eal: The definitions related to including and excluding devices
+ has been changed from blacklist/whitelist to blocklist/allowlist.
+ There are compatiablity macros and command line mapping to accept
+ the old values but applications and scripts are strongly encouraged
+ to migrate to the new names.
ABI Changes
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2.26.2
