[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation note for renaming vfio symbols for exporting

[Shreyansh Jain]

Some vfio symbols need to be exported outside librte_eal. For that, they
need to be renamed to rte_* naming convention.

Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain at nxp.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index b12d435..092eb2e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -61,3 +61,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
   PMDs that implement the latter.
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
+
+* Some vfio APIs are planned to be exported outside librte_eal in 17.05.
+  vfio APIs like ``vfio_setup_device``, ``vfio_get_group_fd`` can be used by
+  subsystem other than EAL/PCI. For that, these need to be exported symbols.
+  Such APIs are planned to be renamed according to ``rte_*`` naming convention
+  and exported from librte_eal.
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