[PATCH] doc: add release note about chang to RTE_LOGTYPE_

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Jan 12 18:18:58 CET 2024


There maybe some application that was using the internal
RTE_LOGTYPE_XXX macros. Add a release note to inform the
developer of potential conflicts.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.rst
index 6f8ad278080d..b098a3068ff0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ Removed Items
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =======================================================
 
+* log: the statically defined log types that were used internally by DPDK are no longer
+  defined or used. All code should be using the dynamic log types ``RTE_LOG_REGISTER()``.
+  The application reserved statically defined logtypes ``RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1..RTE_LOGTYPE_USER8``
+  are still defined.
+
 
 API Changes
 -----------
-- 
2.43.0



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