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doc: announce changes to eventdev library

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Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula Aug. 2, 2021, 5:32 p.m. UTC 
  From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>

Make driver layer as internal, remove unnecessary rte_ prefix for
structures and functions that are not a part of public API.
Promote experimental trace and vector APIs to stable.
Add reserved field to `rte_event_timer` structure.

Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 11 +++++++++++
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index d9c0e65921..4d9f757521 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -158,3 +158,14 @@  Deprecation Notices
 * security: The functions ``rte_security_set_pkt_metadata`` and
   ``rte_security_get_userdata`` will be made inline functions and additional
   flags will be added in structure ``rte_security_ctx`` in DPDK 21.11.
+
+* eventdev: The file ``rte_eventdev_pmd.h`` will be renamed to ``eventdev_driver.h``
+  to make the driver interface as internal and the structures ``rte_eventdev_data``,
+  ``rte_eventdev`` and ``rte_eventdevs`` will be moved to a new file named
+  ``rte_eventdev_core.h`` in DPDK 21.11.
+  The rte_ prefix for internal structures and functions will be removed across the
+  library.
+  The experimental eventdev trace APIs and `` rte_event_vector_pool_create``,
+  ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits_get`` will be promoted to stable.
+  An 8byte reserved field will be added to the structure ``rte_event_timer`` to
+  support future extensions.