Re: [PATCH] doc: announce inclusive naming function name changes

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

On 5/19/2023 7:33 AM, Chaoyong He wrote:
> In order to support inclusive naming, some of the functions in
> DPDK will need to be renamed. Do this through deprecation process
> now for 23.07.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chaoyong He <chaoyong.he@corigine.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 dcc1ca1696..267a49aa13 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -163,3 +163,15 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    The new port library API (functions rte_swx_port_*)
>    will gradually transition from experimental to stable status
>    starting with DPDK 23.07 release.
> +
> +* bonding: References to slave will be removed in DPDK 23.11. The following
> +  functions will be deprecated in DPDK 23.07, and removed in DPDK 23.11.
> +  The old functions:
> +  ``rte_eth_bond_8023ad_slave_info``,
> +  ``rte_eth_bond_active_slaves_get``,
> +  ``rte_eth_bond_slave_add``, ``rte_eth_bond_slave_remove``, and
> +  ``rte_eth_bond_slaves_get`` will be replaced by:
> +  ``rte_eth_bond_8023ad_member_info``,
> +  ``rte_eth_bond_active_members_get``,
> +  ``rte_eth_bond_member_add``, ``rte_eth_bond_member_remove``,
> +  and ``rte_eth_bond_members_get``.

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>