From patchwork Tue Jul 24 15:50:26 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Jasvinder Singh X-Patchwork-Id: 43320 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2E62326D; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:50:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6ACE98 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:50:33 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga004.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.38]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 24 Jul 2018 08:50:30 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.51,398,1526367600"; d="scan'208";a="218690659" Received: from silpixa00381635.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa00381635.ger.corp.intel.com) ([10.237.222.149]) by orsmga004.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 24 Jul 2018 08:50:29 -0700 From: Jasvinder Singh To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:50:26 +0100 Message-Id: <20180724155026.90724-3-jasvinder.singh@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.9.3 In-Reply-To: <20180724155026.90724-1-jasvinder.singh@intel.com> References: <20180724155026.90724-1-jasvinder.singh@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: update release notes for softnic pmd X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Update release notes for softnic pmd restructuring. Signed-off-by: Jasvinder Singh --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst index dd611b5..8bb299c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst @@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ New Features ``rte_eth_rx_descritpr_status`` and ``rte_eth_tx_descriptor_status`` are supported by fm10K. +* **SoftNIC PMD rework.** + + The SoftNIC PMD infrastructure is restructured to use the Packet Framework, + which makes it more flexible, modular and easier to add new functionality + in future. + * **Updated the enic driver.** * Add support for mbuf fast free offload.