[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add reserve fields to eventdev public structures

[pbhagavatula at marvell.com]

From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>

Add 64 byte padding at the end of event device public structure to allow
future extensions.

Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
---
 v2 Changes:
 - Modify commit title.
 - Add patch reference to doc.

 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index ea4cfa7a4..ec5db68e9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -151,3 +151,14 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Python 2 support will be completely removed in 20.11.
   In 20.08, explicit deprecation warnings will be displayed when running
   scripts with Python 2.
+
+* eventdev: A 64 byte padding is added at the end of the following structures
+  in event device library to support future extensions:
+  ``rte_event_crypto_adapter_conf``, ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_conf``,
+  ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf``, ``rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_conf``,
+  ``rte_event_timer_adapter_conf``, ``rte_event_timer_adapter_info``,
+  ``rte_event_dev_info``, ``rte_event_dev_config``, ``rte_event_queue_conf``,
+  ``rte_event_port_conf``, ``rte_event_timer_adapter``,
+  ``rte_event_timer_adapter_data``.
+  Reference:
+  http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=10728&archive=both&state=*
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