doc: announce API change in port library

[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 f5871f8..d2dc4a9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
   renamed to something more consistent (net and crypto prefixes) in 16.11.
   Some of these driver names are used publicly, to create virtual devices,
   so a deprecation notice is necessary.
+
+* API will change for ``rte_port_source_params`` and ``rte_port_sink_params``
+  structures. The member ``file_name`` data type will be changed from
+  ``char *`` to ``const char *``. This change targets release 16.11.