It is planned to make the rte_mem_config struct of the EAL private to
remove it from the visible ABI. Add a notice to announce the intention.
Signed-off-by: Erik Gabriel Carrillo <erik.g.carri...@intel.com>
---
changes in v2:
- Original deprecation notice announced a change to the rte_mem_config
struct that would break ABI. Update the notice to instead announce
the struct will be made private. (Stephen, Anatoly, David)
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index b47c8c2..a7dff6b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
+ ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
+* eal: the ``rte_mem_config`` struct will be made private to remove it from the
+ externally visible ABI and allow it to be updated in the future.
+
* vfio: removal of ``rte_vfio_dma_map`` and ``rte_vfio_dma_unmap`` APIs which
have been replaced with ``rte_dev_dma_map`` and ``rte_dev_dma_unmap``
functions. The due date for the removal targets DPDK 20.02.
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2.6.4
