doc: announce the legacy pipeline API deprecation

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Cristian Dumitrescu Nov. 21, 2022, 7:54 p.m. UTC
  Announce the deprecation of the legacy pipeline, table and port
library API and gradual stabilization of the new API.

Signed-off-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index e2efa2f8b0..dfc6fa96ba 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -102,3 +102,18 @@  Deprecation Notices
   Its removal has been postponed to let potential users report interest
   in maintaining it.
   In the absence of such interest, this library will be removed in DPDK 23.11.
+
+* pipeline: The pipeline library legacy API (functions rte_pipeline_*) will be
+  deprecated and removed in DPDK 23.11 release. The new pipeline library API
+  (functions rte_swx_pipeline_*) will gradually transition from experimental
+  to stable status starting with DPDK 23.11 release.
+
+* table: The table library legacy API (functions rte_table_*) will be
+  deprecated and removed in DPDK 23.11 release. The new table library API
+  (functions rte_swx_table_*) will gradually transition from experimental
+  to stable status starting with DPDK 23.11 release.
+
+* port: The port library legacy API (functions rte_port_*) will be
+  deprecated and removed in DPDK 23.11 release. The new port library API
+  (functions rte_swx_port_*) will gradually transition from experimental
+  to stable status starting with DPDK 23.11 release.