[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce rte_devargs changes in 17.11

[Thomas Monjalon]

04/08/2017 15:29, Gaetan Rivet:
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com>
> ---
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v17.11.
> +  The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need
> +  to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype``
> +  was used to identify a bus and will disappear.
> +  The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change.
> +  The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private.
> +  The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be
> +  modified or removed in 17.11:
> +
> +  - ``rte_eal_devargs_add``
> +  - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``

Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

This kind of change has already been suggested by Jan Blunck:
	http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/070729.html
	http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/071054.html

It is very important to continue progressing on device syntax and
bus rework during 17.11.

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