-* igb_uio: iomem mapping and sysfs files created for iomem and ioport in
- igb_uio will be removed, because we are able to detect these from what Linux
- has exposed, like the way we have done with uio-pci-generic. This change
- targets release 17.02.
+* eal: the following functions are deprecated starting from 17.05 and will
+ be removed in 17.11:
+
+ - ``rte_set_log_level``, replaced by ``rte_log_set_global_level``
+ - ``rte_get_log_level``, replaced by ``rte_log_get_global_level``
+ - ``rte_set_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_set_level``
+ - ``rte_get_log_type``, replaced by ``rte_log_get_level``
+
+* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v17.11.
+ The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need
+ to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype``
+ was used to identify a bus and will disappear.
+ The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change.
+ The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private.
+ The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be
+ modified or removed in 17.11:
+
+ - ``rte_eal_devargs_add``
+ - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
+ - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
+
+* eal: the support of Xen dom0 will be removed from EAL in 17.11; and with
+ that, drivers/net/xenvirt and examples/vhost_xen will also be removed.
+
+* eal: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 to make DPDK aware of IOVA address
+ translation scheme.
+ Reference to phys address in EAL data-structure or functions may change to
+ IOVA address or more appropriate name.
+ The change will be only for the name.
+ Functional aspects of the API or data-structure will remain same.