Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

["Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>]

> 
> All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
> will be removed and the header will be made internal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.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 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-specific
>    content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
>    original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
> +
> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver, "rte_bus_pci.h"
> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions defined
> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is inspired
> +  by the RFC https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
> --

Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>

> 2.17.1