[v4,09/11] doc: add note about blacklist/whitelist changes
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Commit Message
The blacklist/whitelist changes to API will not be a breaking
change for applications in this release but worth adding a note
to encourage migration.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
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doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ API Changes
* vhost: The API of ``rte_vhost_host_notifier_ctrl`` was changed to be per
queue and not per device, a qid parameter was added to the arguments list.
+* eal: The definitions related to including and excluding devices
+ has been changed from blacklist/whitelist to include/exclude.
+ There are compatiablity macros and command line mapping to accept
+ the old values but applications and scripts are strongly encouraged
+ to migrate to the new names.
+
ABI Changes
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