[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] doc: add empty PMDs todo list

[Ferruh Yigit]

Some library modifications require extra checks or modifications in PMDs
but currently we don't have a good way to trace these modifications.

And number of these kind of updates increasing by time.

This is an effort to document and track library updates that requires
attention in PMDs.

Although this is under documentation main use case is for internal
development.

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS               |  1 +
 doc/guides/nics/index.rst |  1 +
 doc/guides/nics/todo.rst  | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/todo.rst

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f0baeb423..c9eaff774 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ Networking Drivers
 M: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
 T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-net
 F: doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
+F: doc/guides/nics/todo.rst
 
 Link bonding
 M: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty at intel.com>
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
index 23babe933..f257fbd87 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Network Interface Controller Drivers
 
     overview
     features
+    todo
     build_and_test
     ark
     avp
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/todo.rst b/doc/guides/nics/todo.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..874811ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/todo.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
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+
+
+PMDs internal TODO list
+=======================
+
+This is the list for tracking required PMD changes triggered by library modifications.
+
+.. table:: PMDs internal TODO list
+
+ +------+------+----------+----------------+------+
+ | TODO | PMDs | Deadline | Related Commit | Note |
+ +======+======+==========+================+======+
+ |      |      |          |                |      |
+ +------+------+----------+----------------+------+
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