drivers: make driver names consistent

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_16_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
index 66916afd07206ad1ab66b26ac4d54c7c5e78bc2f..a9a6095e7a810a2e39d6ed53003d1207002ce4bb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ API Changes
 
    This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
 
+* The driver names have been changed. It especially impacts ``--vdev`` arguments.
+  Examples: ``eth_pcap`` becomes ``net_pcap``
+  and ``cryptodev_aesni_mb_pmd`` becomes ``crypto_aesni_mb``.
+
 * The log history is removed.
 
 * The ``rte_ivshmem`` feature (including library and EAL code) has been removed