[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of indirect mbuf check macro

[Yongseok Koh]

Link: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-April/099476.html

Signed-off-by: Yongseok Koh <yskoh at mellanox.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 1e2443c76..44da16445 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
   is defined in librte_sched in a non-generic way. The new generic format
   will contain: queue ID, traffic class, color. Field size will not change.
 
+* mbuf: the macro ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()`` will be removed in v18.08 and replaced
+  with ``RTE_MBUF_CLONED()``. As EXT_ATTACHED_MBUF is introduced in v18.05,
+  ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()`` is no longer mutually exclusive with
+  ``RTE_MBUF_DIRECT()``. This change will fix the semantic inconsistency.
+
 * ethdev: a new Tx and Rx offload API was introduced on 17.11.
   In the new API, offloads are divided into per-port and per-queue offloads.
   Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request.
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2.11.0