Add a section related to EAL API changes to 17.11 release notes. Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst index 8bf91bd..d5546ba 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst @@ -130,6 +130,34 @@ API Changes * Rework start and stop APIs into ``rte_service_runstate_set`` * Added API to set runstate of service implementation to indicate readyness +* **PCI bus API moved outside of the EAL** + + The PCI bus previously implemented within the EAL has been moved. + A first part has been added as an RTE library providing PCI helpers to + parse device locations or other such utilities. + A second part consisting in the actual bus driver has been moved to its + proper subdirectory, without changing its functionalities. + + As such, several PCI-related functions are not proposed by the EAL anymore: + + * rte_pci_detach + * rte_pci_dump + * rte_pci_ioport_map + * rte_pci_ioport_read + * rte_pci_ioport_unmap + * rte_pci_ioport_write + * rte_pci_map_device + * rte_pci_probe + * rte_pci_probe_one + * rte_pci_read_config + * rte_pci_register + * rte_pci_scan + * rte_pci_unmap_device + * rte_pci_unregister + * rte_pci_write_config + + These functions are made available either as part of ``librte_pci`` or + ``librte_bus_pci``. ABI Changes ----------- -- 2.1.4
