- * @param eth_dev
- * Device to be detached.
- * @return
- * - 0 on success, negative on error
- */
-int rte_eth_dev_release_port(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
-
-/**
- * @internal
- * Release the specified ethdev port in the local process.
- * Only set ethdev state to unused, but not reset shared data since
- * it assume other processes is still using it. typically it is
- * called by a secondary process.
+ * The following PMD-managed data fields will be freed:
+ * - dev_private
+ * - mac_addrs
+ * - hash_mac_addrs
+ * If one of these fields should not be freed,
+ * it must be reset to NULL by the PMD, typically in dev_close method.