[PATCH v2] doc: add deprecation notice for iavf devarg auto reconfig

[David Marchand]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 at 14:21, Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com> wrote:
>
> The `auto_reconfig` devarg in the iavf driver is enabled by default and the
> case for ever disabling it is weak. When disabled, it means the user is
> requesting the driver not to restore settings (unicast/multicast
> promiscuous modes) when recovering from a reset. The use case where this
> might be desired is during a VF initiated reset where the user initiates
> the reset and wants the VF brought back up in an untouched state. That
> scenario can be facilitated by extending the `rte_pmd_iavf_reinit` API
> rather than relying on this devarg, so it should be safe to remove the
> devarg.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

Acked-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>


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David Marchand