doc: announce API change to remove exit calls in libs

[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 ba39c2d..e612784 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter
   for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case.
 
+* eal: The function ``rte_eal_remote_launch`` will return new error codes
+  after read or write error on the pipe, instead of calling ``rte_panic``.
+
 * eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.11.
   New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of
   device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the
@@ -65,11 +68,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   kernel modules in DPDK. As a result users won't be able to use ``ethtool``
   via ``igb`` & ``ixgbe`` anymore.
 
-* meter: New ``rte_color`` definition will be added in 19.02 and that will
-  replace ``enum rte_meter_color`` in meter library in 19.05. This will help
-  to consolidate color definition, which is currently replicated in many places,
-  such as: rte_meter.h, rte_mtr.h, rte_tm.h.
-
 * cryptodev: New member in ``rte_cryptodev_config`` to allow applications to
   disable features supported by the crypto device. Only the following features
   would be allowed to be disabled this way,
@@ -87,3 +85,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * cryptodev: the ``uint8_t *data`` member of ``key`` structure in the xforms
   structure (``rte_crypto_cipher_xform``, ``rte_crypto_auth_xform``, and
   ``rte_crypto_aead_xform``) will be changed to ``const uint8_t *data``.
+
+* metrics: The function ``rte_metrics_init`` will have a non-void return
+  in order to notify errors instead of calling ``rte_exit``.