[v1,2/2] doc: update release notes for vhost async APIs

Message ID 20200722105741.3421255-3-patrick.fu@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Maxime Coquelin
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Series update docs for vhost async API |

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Commit Message

Patrick Fu July 22, 2020, 10:57 a.m. UTC
  From: Patrick Fu <patrick.fu@intel.com>

Update 20.08 release notes to include vhost async APIs

Signed-off-by: Patrick Fu <patrick.fu@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
  

Comments

Chenbo Xia July 22, 2020, 11:25 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Patrick,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fu, Patrick <patrick.fu@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 6:58 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com; Xia, Chenbo
> <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> Cc: Fu, Patrick <patrick.fu@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] doc: update release notes for vhost async APIs
> 
> From: Patrick Fu <patrick.fu@intel.com>
> 
> Update 20.08 release notes to include vhost async APIs
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Fu <patrick.fu@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> index f19b74872..47ed488ed 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> @@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ New Features
>    See the :doc:`../sample_app_ug/l2_forward_real_virtual` for more
>    details of this parameter usage.
> 
> +* **Added vhost async data path APIs.**
> +
> +  4 new APIs has been added to enable vhost async data path. With the

s/has/have

Should we mention you only added enqueue support?

Thanks,
Chenbo

> + new  data path, applications can register vhost with copy devices,
> + such as DMA  engines, to offload memory copy operations.
> 
>  Removed Items
>  -------------
> --
> 2.18.4
  
Patrick Fu July 22, 2020, 3:07 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 7:25 PM
> To: Fu, Patrick <patrick.fu@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> maxime.coquelin@redhat.com
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 2/2] doc: update release notes for vhost async APIs
> 
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fu, Patrick <patrick.fu@intel.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 6:58 PM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com; Xia, Chenbo
> > <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> > Cc: Fu, Patrick <patrick.fu@intel.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] doc: update release notes for vhost async APIs
> >
> > From: Patrick Fu <patrick.fu@intel.com>
> >
> > Update 20.08 release notes to include vhost async APIs
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick Fu <patrick.fu@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> > index f19b74872..47ed488ed 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> > @@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ New Features
> >    See the :doc:`../sample_app_ug/l2_forward_real_virtual` for more
> >    details of this parameter usage.
> >
> > +* **Added vhost async data path APIs.**
> > +
> > +  4 new APIs has been added to enable vhost async data path. With the
> 
> s/has/have
> 
> Should we mention you only added enqueue support?

I included more details in v2 patch for the release notes.

Thanks,

Patrick
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
index f19b74872..47ed488ed 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@  New Features
   See the :doc:`../sample_app_ug/l2_forward_real_virtual` for more
   details of this parameter usage.
 
+* **Added vhost async data path APIs.**
+
+  4 new APIs has been added to enable vhost async data path. With the new
+  data path, applications can register vhost with copy devices, such as DMA
+  engines, to offload memory copy operations.
 
 Removed Items
 -------------