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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright 2018 The DPDK contributors
+
 ABI and API Deprecation
 =======================
 
@@ -8,18 +11,16 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
-* eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.05.
+* 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
   new scheme of device identification.
   As such, ``rte_devargs`` device representation will change.
 
-  - removal of ``name`` and ``args`` fields.
   - The enum ``rte_devtype`` was used to identify a bus and will disappear.
   - Functions previously deprecated will change or disappear:
 
     + ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
-    + ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` will change its format and use.
 
 * pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed.
   The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced:
@@ -28,28 +29,17 @@ Deprecation Notices
   - ``eal_parse_pci_DomBDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse``
   - ``rte_eal_compare_pci_addr`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_cmp``
 
-* eal: a new set of mbuf mempool ops name APIs for user, platform and best
-  mempool names have been defined in ``rte_mbuf`` in v18.02. The uses of
-  ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops`` shall be replaced by
-  ``rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops``.
-  The following function is now redundant and it is target to be deprecated
-  in 18.05:
-
-  - ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops``
-
 * mbuf: The opaque ``mbuf->hash.sched`` field will be updated to support generic
   definition in line with the ethdev TM and MTR APIs. Currently, this field
   is defined in librte_sched in a non-generic way. The new generic format
   will contain: queue ID, traffic class, color. Field size will not change.
 
-* ethdev: a new Tx and Rx offload API was introduced on 17.11.
-  In the new API, offloads are divided into per-port and per-queue offloads.
-  Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request.
-
-  In later releases the old offloading API will be deprecated, which will include:
-  - removal of ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` flags.
-  - removal of ``txq_flags`` field from ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct.
-  - removal of the offloads bit-field from ``rte_eth_rxmode`` struct.
+* mbuf: the macro ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()`` will be removed in v18.08 or later and
+  replaced with ``RTE_MBUF_CLONED()`` which is already added in v18.05. As
+  ``EXT_ATTACHED_MBUF`` is newly introduced in v18.05, ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()``
+  can no longer be mutually exclusive with ``RTE_MBUF_DIRECT()`` if the new
+  experimental API ``rte_pktmbuf_attach_extbuf()`` is used. Removal of the macro
+  is to fix this semantic inconsistency.
 
 * ethdev: the legacy filter API, including
   ``rte_eth_dev_filter_supported()``, ``rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl()`` as well
@@ -59,11 +49,17 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
 
-* i40e: The default flexible payload configuration which extracts the first 16
-  bytes of the payload for RSS will be deprecated starting from 18.02. If
-  required the previous behavior can be configured using existing flow
-  director APIs. There is no ABI/API break. This change will just remove a
-  global configuration setting and require explicit configuration.
+* ethdev: In v18.11 ``rte_eth_dev_attach()`` and ``rte_eth_dev_detach()``
+  will be removed.
+  Hotplug functions ``rte_eal_hotplug_add()`` and ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove()``
+  should be used instread.
+  Function ``rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name()`` may be used to find
+  identifier of the added port.
+
+* eal: In v18.11 ``rte_eal_dev_attach()`` and ``rte_eal_dev_detach()``
+  will be removed.
+  Hotplug functions ``rte_eal_hotplug_add()`` and ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove()``
+  should be used directly.
 
 * pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure
   are expected in subsequent release.