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doc: deprecate KNI ethtool support

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Announce removal of KNI ethtool support.

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Acked-by: Igor Ryzhov <iryzhov@nfware.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
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@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ Deprecation Notices
- Member ``uint16_t min_mtu`` the minimum MTU allowed.
- Member ``uint16_t max_mtu`` the maximum MTU allowed.
* kni: remove KNI ethtool support. To clarify, this is not to remove the KNI,
but only to remove ethtool support of it that is disabled by default and
can be enabled via ``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL`` config option.
Existing KNI ethtool implementation is only supported by ``igb`` & ``ixgbe``
drivers, by using a copy of kernel drivers in DPDK. This model cannot be
extended to all drivers in DPDK and it is too much effort to maintain
kernel modules in DPDK. As a result users won't be able to use ``ethtool``
via ``igb`` & ``ixgbe`` anymore.
* meter: New ``rte_color`` definition will be added in 19.02 and that will
replace ``enum rte_meter_color`` in meter library in 19.05. This will help
to consolidate color definition, which is currently replicated in many places,