[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for ethtool app enhance

[Qiming Yang]

This patch adds a notice that the ABI change for ethtool app to
get the NIC firmware version in the 17.02 release.

Signed-off-by: Qiming Yang <qiming.yang at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 845d2aa..60bd7ed 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * API will change for ``rte_port_source_params`` and ``rte_port_sink_params``
   structures. The member ``file_name`` data type will be changed from
   ``char *`` to ``const char *``. This change targets release 16.11.
+
+* In 17.02 ABI change is planned: the ``rte_eth_dev_info`` structure
+  will be extended with a new member ``fw_version`` in order to store
+  the NIC firmware version.
-- 
2.7.4