[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07

[Harry van Haaren]

This patch adds a notice that the API for the xstats
functionality will be modified in the 16.07 release, with
no backwards compatibility planned as it would require
code duplication in each PMD that supports xstats.

Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 98d5529..13c3a95 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
   induce a modification of the rte_mempool structure, plus a
   modification of the API of rte_mempool_obj_iter(), implying a breakage
   of the ABI.
+
+* ABI change is planned for the xstats API and rte_eth_xstats struct, to
+  facilitate updating to an API that allows retrieval of values without any
+  string copies or parsing. No backwards compatibility is planned, as it would
+  require code duplication in every PMD that supports xstats.
-- 
2.5.0