[dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/2] doc: announce ABI change for rte_eth_dev_info structure

[Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan@intel.com>]

New fields nb_rx_queues and nb_tx_queues will be added to
rte_eth_dev_info structure.
Changes to API rte_eth_dev_info_get() will be done to update
these new fields to rte_eth_dev_info object.

Signed-off-by:reshma Pattan<reshma.pattan@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 327fc2b..78cedb7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -90,3 +90,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
   a handle, like the way kernel exposes an fd to user for locating a
   specific file, and to keep all major structures internally, so that
   we are likely to be free from ABI violations in future.
+
+* A librte_ether public structure ``rte_eth_dev_info`` will be changed in 16.07.
+  The proposed change will add new parameters ``nb_rx_queues``, ``nb_tx_queues``
+  to the structure. These are the number of queues configured by software.
+  Modification to definition of ``rte_eth_dev_info_get()`` will be done
+  to update new parameters to ``rte_eth_dev_info`` object.
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