[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: announce rte_dev_probe() API change

[Maxime Coquelin]

In order to simplify the use of rte_dev_probe() and
rte_dev_remove() by applications, rte_dev_probe() will
return a reference on the rte_device stating DPDK v20.11.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
---
 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 0bee924255..47151eac0b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -138,3 +138,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
   driver probe scheme. The legacy virtio support will be available through
   the existing VFIO/UIO based kernel driver scheme.
   More details at https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/69351/
+
+* eal: Change ``rte_dev_probe`` API to return a pointer on the probed
+  rte_device or NULL instead of 0 or an error code in DPDK v20.11. This
+  change will help calling application in avoiding to iterate the devices
+  list when willing to call rte_dev_remove() later.
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