eal: deprecate function to set default mbuf pool

[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 df54674..d2dd302 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
+* eal: DPDK runtime configuration file (located at
+  ``/var/run/.<prefix>_config``) will be moved. The new path will be as follows:
+
+  - if DPDK is running as root, path will be set to
+    ``/var/run/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+  - if DPDK is not running as root and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is set, path will be set
+    to ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+  - if DPDK is not running as root and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, path will be
+    set to ``/tmp/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+
 * eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.05.
   New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of
   device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the
@@ -32,8 +42,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
   mempool names have been defined in ``rte_mbuf`` in v18.02. The uses of
   ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops`` shall be replaced by
   ``rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops``.
-  The following function is now redundant and it is target to be deprecated
-  in 18.05:
+  The following function is deprecated since 18.05, and will be removed
+  in 18.08:
 
   - ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops``