[PATCH] doc: add deprecation notice for kni example

[Xia, Chenbo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 1, 2022 12:51 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: add deprecation notice for kni example
> 
> As agreed by DPDK Technical Board, the KNI example app is due to be
> removed from the repository to discourage use in future projects, given
> that better alternatives exist.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.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 4e5b23c53d..ee36fc684d 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -125,3 +125,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    applications should be updated to use the ``dmadev`` library instead,
>    with the underlying HW-functionality being provided by the ``ioat`` or
>    ``idxd`` dma drivers
> +
> +* examples/kni: The ``kni`` kernel module and library are not recommended
> for use by new applications -
> +  other technologies such as virtio-user are recommended instead.
> +  Because of this, the example application for kni is deprecated and will
> be removed in a future release.
> --
> 2.34.1

Acked-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia at intel.com>