[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of old port count function

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

The function rte_eth_dev_count() was marked as deprecated in DPDK 18.05
in commit d9a42a69febf ("ethdev: deprecate port count function").
It is planned to be removed after the next LTS release.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
---
 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 e2721fad6..8d4d89a85 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
 
     + ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
 
+* ethdev: The function ``rte_eth_dev_count`` will be removed in DPDK 20.02.
+  It is replaced by the function ``rte_eth_dev_count_avail``.
+  If the intent is to iterate over ports, ``RTE_ETH_FOREACH_*`` macros
+  are better port iterators.
+
 * vfio: removal of ``rte_vfio_dma_map`` and ``rte_vfio_dma_unmap`` APIs which
   have been replaced with ``rte_dev_dma_map`` and ``rte_dev_dma_unmap``
   functions.  The due date for the removal targets DPDK 20.02.
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