eal: deprecate device attach and detach functions

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / deprecation.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 32c035e0c51623e46c71fb8e404f0ffb30877143..87be8d62fcc712ce14f0ec5f78f05e3d2a6b31f9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Function ``rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name()`` may be used to find
   identifier of the added port.
 
+* eal: In v18.11 ``rte_eal_dev_attach()`` and ``rte_eal_dev_detach()``
+  will be removed.
+  Hotplug functions ``rte_eal_hotplug_add()`` and ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove()``
+  should be used directly.
+
 * pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure
   are expected in subsequent release.