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
