New upstream version 17.11-rc3

[deb_dpdk.git] / doc / guides / prog_guide / port_hotplug_framework.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/port_hotplug_framework.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/port_hotplug_framework.rst
index ee76577..fb0efc1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/port_hotplug_framework.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/port_hotplug_framework.rst
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ Limitations
 
 *       The framework can only be enabled with Linux. BSD is not supported.
 
-*       To detach a port, the port should be backed by a device that igb_uio
-        or VFIO manages.
-
 *       Not all PMDs support detaching feature.
-        To know whether a PMD can support detaching, search for the
-        "RTE_ETH_DEV_DETACHABLE" flag in rte_eth_dev::data::dev_flags. If the flag is
-        defined in the PMD, detaching is supported.
+        The underlying bus must support hot-unplug. If not supported,
+        the function ``rte_eth_dev_detach()`` will return negative ENOTSUP.