[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce renaming of ethdev library

[Thomas Monjalon]

The right name of ethdev should be dpdk_netdev. However:
1/ We are using rte_ prefix in the code and library names.
2/ The API uses rte_ethdev
That's why 16.11 will just have the rte_ prefix prepended to
the library filename as every other libraries.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
---
 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 f502f86..7a55037 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * The log history is deprecated.
   It is voided in 16.07 and will be removed in release 16.11.
 
+* The ethdev library file will be renamed from libethdev.* to librte_ethdev.*
+  in release 16.11 in order to have a more consistent namespace.
+
 * The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification
   mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now
   available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device arguments
-- 
2.7.0