ivshmem: remove library and its EAL integration

[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..845d2aa 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
-* The log history is deprecated.
-  It is voided in 16.07 and will be removed in release 16.11.
-
 * The ethdev library file will be renamed from libethdev.* to librte_ethdev.*
   in release 16.11 in order to have a more consistent namespace.
 
@@ -44,18 +41,14 @@ Deprecation Notices
   PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and
   their behavior will be kept in 16.07 and will be removed in 16.11.
 
-* The APIs rte_mempool_count and rte_mempool_free_count are being deprecated
-  on the basis that they are confusing to use - free_count actually returns
-  the number of allocated entries, not the number of free entries as expected.
-  They are being replaced by rte_mempool_avail_count and
-  rte_mempool_in_use_count respectively.
-
-* The mempool functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated and
-  will be removed in 16.11.
-  It is replaced by rte_mempool_generic_get/put functions.
+* mempool: The functions ``rte_mempool_count`` and ``rte_mempool_free_count``
+  will be removed in 17.02.
+  They are replaced by ``rte_mempool_avail_count`` and
+  ``rte_mempool_in_use_count`` respectively.
 
-* The ``rte_ivshmem`` feature (including library and EAL code) will be removed
-  in 16.11 because it has some design issues which are not planned to be fixed.
+* mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated
+  and will be removed in 17.02.
+  It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
 
 * The vhost-cuse will be removed in 16.11. Since v2.1, a large majority of
   development effort has gone to vhost-user, such as multiple-queue, live
@@ -65,3 +58,7 @@ 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.