[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: announce API change for ethdev function

[Bernard Iremonger]

The _rte_eth_dev_call_process function will change to return "int"
and a fourth parameter "void* ret_param" will be added. This change
targets release 17.02.

Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger 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 d5c1490..1d274d8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -49,3 +49,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated
   and will be removed in 17.02.
   It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
+
+* librte_ether: an API change is planned for 17.02 for the function
+  ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process``. In 17.02 the function will return an ``int``
+  instead of ``void`` and a fourth parameter ``void *ret_param`` will be added.
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