[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for rte_port_source_params structure

[Fan Zhang]

Several new fields will be added to structure rte_port_source_params for
source port enhancement with pcap file reading support.

Signed-off-by: Fan Zhang <roy.fan.zhang at intel.com>
Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu at 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 179e30f..9b4fc9d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * ABI changes are planned for adding four new flow types. This impacts
   RTE_ETH_FLOW_MAX. The release 2.2 does not contain these ABI changes,
   but release 2.3 will. [postponed]
+
+* ABI changes are planned for struct rte_port_source_params in order to
+  support PCAP file reading feature. The release 16.04 contains this ABI
+  change wrapped by RTE_NEXT_ABI macro. Release 16.07 will contain this
+  change, and no backwards compatibility is planned.
-- 
2.5.0