vhost: introduce API to start a specific driver

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_17_05.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
index fa30547..0373def 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
@@ -299,6 +299,26 @@ API Changes
   * The vhost API ``rte_vhost_get_queue_num`` is deprecated, instead,
     ``rte_vhost_get_vring_num`` should be used.
 
+  * Following macros are removed in ``rte_virtio_net.h``
+
+    * ``VIRTIO_RXQ``
+    * ``VIRTIO_TXQ``
+    * ``VIRTIO_QNUM``
+
+  * Following net specific header files are removed in ``rte_virtio_net.h``
+
+    * ``linux/virtio_net.h``
+    * ``sys/socket.h``
+    * ``linux/if.h``
+    * ``rte_ether.h``
+
+  * The vhost struct ``virtio_net_device_ops`` is renamed to
+    ``vhost_device_ops``
+
+  * The vhost API ``rte_vhost_driver_session_start`` is removed. Instead,
+    ``rte_vhost_driver_start`` should be used, and no need to create a
+    thread to call it.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------