functions were deprecated since 17.05 and are replaced by
``rte_mbuf_raw_free()`` and ``rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg()``.
+* ethdev: The deprecated functions attach/detach were removed in 18.11.
+ ``rte_eth_dev_attach`` can be replaced by ``RTE_ETH_FOREACH_MATCHING_DEV``
+ and ``rte_dev_probe`` or ``rte_eal_hotplug_add``.
+ ``rte_eth_dev_detach`` can be replaced by
+ ``rte_dev_remove`` or ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove``.
+
+* ethdev: A call to ``rte_eth_dev_release_port()`` has been added in
+ ``rte_eth_dev_close()``. As a consequence, a closed port is freed
+ and seen as invalid because of its state ``RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED``.
+ This new behaviour is enabled per driver for a migration period.
+
* A new device flag, RTE_ETH_DEV_NOLIVE_MAC_ADDR, changes the order of
actions inside rte_eth_dev_start regarding MAC set. Some NICs do not
support MAC changes once the port has started and with this new device