All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
will be removed and the header will be made internal.

Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo....@intel.com>
---
 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 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-specific
   content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
   original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
+
+* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver, "rte_bus_pci.h"
+  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions defined
+  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is inspired
+  by the RFC https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
-- 
2.17.1

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