doc: add distributor library API change notice

[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 3d72241..97d87fd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   has exposed, like the way we have done with uio-pci-generic. This change
   targets release 17.05.
 
-* ABI/API changes are planned for 17.02: ``rte_device``, ``rte_driver`` will be
-  impacted because of introduction of a new ``rte_bus`` hierarchy. This would
-  also impact the way devices are identified by EAL. A bus-device-driver model
-  will be introduced providing a hierarchical view of devices.
-
 * ``eth_driver`` is planned to be removed in 17.02. This currently serves as
   a placeholder for PMDs to register themselves. Changes for ``rte_bus`` will
   provide a way to handle device initialization currently being done in
@@ -55,3 +50,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
   PMDs that implement the latter.
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
+
+* distributor: library API will be changed to incorporate a burst-oriented
+  API. This will include a change to ``rte_distributor_create``
+  to specify which type of instance to create (single or burst), and
+  additional calls for ``rte_distributor_poll_pkt_burst`` and
+  ``rte_distributor_return_pkt_burst``, among others.