On 11/10/2016 3:51 PM, David Marchand wrote: > 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>
Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
