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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] eal: fix lib version for device
	generalization patches
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:16:44 +0200
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2016-10-27 17:02, Shreyansh Jain:
> Even though I have sent the v4, there is another possibility of 
> splitting this log across API and ABI changes.
> Problem is that most of the changes are quite related in terms of impact 
> on ABI and API. (some like rte_device is clear enough, though).
> Any suggestions? Would repetitions be OK in release notes?

In general, API change implies ABI change.
I think we must use the "ABI changes" section for cases where API is not changed.
No need of repeating in both sections.