doc: announce crypto device type enumeration removal

[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 aa9cc57..978c950 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
 
+* cryptodev: All PMD names definitions will be moved to the individual PMDs
+  in 17.08.
+
+* cryptodev: The following changes will be done in in 17.08:
+
+  - the device type enumeration ``rte_cryptodev_type`` will be removed
+  - the following structures will be changed: ``rte_cryptodev_session``,
+    ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session``, ``rte_cryptodev_info``, ``rte_cryptodev``
+  - the function ``rte_cryptodev_count_devtype`` will be replaced by
+    ``rte_cryptodev_device_count_by_driver``
+
 * crypto/scheduler: the following two functions are deprecated starting
   from 17.05 and will be removed in 17.08: