[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: add new field to rxq info struct

[Chengchang Tang]

Struct rte_eth_rxq_info will be modified to include a new field, indicating
the size of each buffer that could be used for HW to receive packets. Add
this field to rte_eth_rxq_info to expose relevant information to upper
layer users/application.

For more details:
https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-July/176135.html

Signed-off-by: Chengchang Tang <tangchengchang at huawei.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at mellanox.com>
---
 v3:
 - Remove redundant sentences.
 v2:
 - Remove field name.
 - Fix some spelling mistake.
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 9af3ce0..057178d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
   following the IPv6 header, as proposed in RFC
   https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-August/177257.html.

+* ethdev: The ``struct rte_eth_rxq_info`` struct will be modified to include
+  a new optional field, indicating the buffer size used in receiving packets
+  for HW. This change is planned for 20.11. For more details:
+  https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-July/176135.html.
+
 * traffic manager: All traffic manager API's in ``rte_tm.h`` were mistakenly made
   ABI stable in the v19.11 release. The TM maintainer and other contributors have
   agreed to keep the TM APIs as experimental in expectation of additional spec
--
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