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[v2,09/10] doc: add note about blacklist/whitelist changes

Message ID 20200612002039.17450-10-stephen@networkplumber.org (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Headers
Series Rename blacklsit/whitelist to block/allow list |

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Commit Message

Stephen Hemminger June 12, 2020, 12:20 a.m. UTC 
  The blacklist/whitelist changes to API will not be a breaking
change for applications in this release but worth adding a note
to encourage migration.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 5 +++++
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
index dee4ccbb5887..9e68544e7920 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@  API Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =========================================================
 
+* eal: The definitions related to including and excluding devices
+  has been changed from blacklist/whitelist to blocklist/allowlist.
+  There are compatiablity macros and command line mapping to accept
+  the old values but applications and scripts are strongly encouraged
+  to migrate to the new names.
 
 ABI Changes
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