[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce kni_vhost removal

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 2 ++
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst           | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
index eb16e2e..4f25595 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ This provides flexibility in multiprocess scenarios
 (where the KNI is created in the primary process but the callbacks are handled in the secondary one).
 The constraint is that a single process can register and handle the requests.
 
+.. _kni_vhost_backend-label:
+
 KNI Working as a Kernel vHost Backend
 -------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 2d17bc6..956473a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -71,3 +71,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated
   and will be removed in 17.02.
   It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
+
+* kni: Remove :ref:`kni_vhost_backend-label` feature (KNI_VHOST) in 17.05 release.
+  :doc:`Vhost Library </prog_guide/vhost_lib>` is currently preferred method for
+  guest - host communication. Just for clarification, this is not to remove KNI
+  or VHOST feature, but KNI_VHOST which is a KNI feature enabled via a compile
+  time option, and disabled by default.
-- 
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