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+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The deprecated ``root_disk_size`` argument has been removed, use
+    ``root_size_gb`` instead.
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Not providing ``resource_class`` to the ``reserve_node`` call is now
+    deprecated. This is not compatible with the in-progress bare metal
+    allocation API.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/openstacksdk-9ad2298b84e34a5f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/openstacksdk-9ad2298b84e34a5f.yaml
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+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    `openstacksdk <https://docs.openstack.org/openstacksdk/>`_ is now used
+    for bare metal operation. The ``Node`` objects returned from various calls
+    are now `openstacksdk Node objects
+    <https://docs.openstack.org/openstacksdk/latest/user/resources/baremetal/v1/node.html#openstack.baremetal.v1.node.Node>`_
+    instead of ones from **python-ironicclient**.
+  - |
+    The **genisoimage** utility is now required for building configdrives.
+other:
+  - |
+    The dependency on **python-ironicclient** has been removed.