[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API change for net defines/structs/funcs

[Olivier Matz]

As discussed at techboard, the network definitions, structures
and functions will be prefixed by 'rte_'.

Link: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-February/125033.html
Link: https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-April/129752.html
Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
---
 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 ba39c2d62..36bc21ff8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
+* network includes: Network structures, definitions and functions will
+  be prefixed by ``rte_`` to resolve conflicts with libc headers.
+  This change will break many DPDK APIs.
+
 * meson: The minimum supported version of meson for configuring and building
   DPDK will be increased to v0.47.1 (from 0.41) from DPDK 19.05 onwards. For
   those users with a version earlier than 0.47.1, an updated copy of meson
-- 
2.11.0