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[dpdk-dev,1/2] doc: add port representor update in release notes

Message ID 20180528161222.18935-1-mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
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Mohammad Abdul Awal May 28, 2018, 4:12 p.m. UTC 
  Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 10 ++++++++++
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John McNamara May 28, 2018, 4:52 p.m. UTC | #1 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Mohammad Abdul Awal
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2018 5:12 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Awal, Mohammad Abdul <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: add port representor update in
> release notes
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com>

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
index e8d74f507..511d51908 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
@@ -313,6 +313,16 @@  New Features
   on eth devices (right now only via SW RX/TX callbacks).
   It also adds dependency on libelf.
 
+* **Added support for port representors.**
+
+  The DPDK port representors (also known as "VF representors" in the specific
+  context of VFs), which are to DPDK what the Ethernet switch device driver
+  model (**switchdev**) is to Linux, and which can be thought as a software
+  "patch panel" front-end for applications. DPDK port representors are
+  implemented as additional virtual Ethernet device (**ethdev**) instances,
+  spawned on an as needed basis through configuration parameters passed to the
+  driver of the underlying device using devargs.
+
 
 API Changes
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