[PATCH v7 5/5] eal: deprecation notice for rte thread setname API

[Tyler Retzlaff]

Notify deprecation of rte_thread_setname API, it will be removed as it
exposes platform-specific thread details. The functionality it provided
is now available via the new rte_lcore_set_name API.

Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla at linux.microsoft.com>

Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
Acked-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.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 e18ac34..2990bb1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -126,3 +126,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Its removal has been postponed to let potential users report interest
   in maintaining it.
   In the absence of such interest, this library will be removed in DPDK 23.11.
+
+* eal: The function ``rte_thread_setname`` will be removed, continuing
+  the effort to decouple EAL from platform-specific thread
+  implementations.
-- 
1.8.3.1