[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API changes for device objects

[David Marchand <david.marchand@6wind.com>]

Following discussions with Jan, here is a deprecation notice to prepare for
hotplug and rte_device changes to come in 16.07.

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@6wind.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 98d5529..d749e5d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
+* The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification
+  mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now
+  available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device arguments
+  so that it only cares about hotplugging.
+
+* Structures embodying pci and vdev devices are going to be reworked to
+  integrate new common rte_device / rte_driver objects (see
+  http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031390.html).
+  ethdev and crypto libraries will then only handle those objects so that they
+  do not need to care about the kind of devices that are being used, making it
+  easier to add new buses later.
+
 * The EAL function pci_config_space_set is deprecated in release 16.04
   and will be removed from 16.07.
   Macros CONFIG_RTE_PCI_CONFIG, CONFIG_RTE_PCI_EXTENDED_TAG and
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