[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: add notice for planned name size change

[Stephen Hemminger]

VMBUS support will use GUID in eth_dev_data name field which requires
at least 37 characters. Plan for increase in size now.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 2e708dbe0deb..d5b70c50064a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
   The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed
   (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter)
   and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly.
+
+* ethdev: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 for the structure eth_dev_data.
+  The size of the unique name will increase RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN from 32 to
+  64 characters to allow using a globally unique identifier (GUID) in this field.
-- 
2.11.0