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[v13,19/19] doc: update release notes for multi process hotplug

Message ID 20180712011514.45006-20-qi.z.zhang@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
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Series [v13,01/19] ethdev: add function to release port in local process |

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Qi Zhang July 12, 2018, 1:15 a.m. UTC 
  Update release notes for the new multi-process hotplug feature.

Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst | 11 +++++++++++
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
index bc0124295..1251e4b5b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@  New Features
   Flow API support has been added to CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload
   flows to Chelsio T5/T6 NICs.
 
+* **Support device multi-process hotplug.**
+
+  Hotplug and hot-unplug for devices will now be supported in multiprocessing
+  scenario. Any ethdev devices created in the primary process will be regarded
+  as shared and will be available for all DPDK processes. Synchronization between
+  processes will be done using DPDK IPC.
 
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@@ -60,6 +66,11 @@  API Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =========================================================
 
+* eal: scope of rte_eal_hotplug_add and rte_eal_hotplug_remove is extended.
+
+  In primary-secondary process model, ``rte_eal_hotplug_add`` will guarantee
+  that device be attached on all processes, while ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove``
+  will guarantee device be detached on all processes.
 
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