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[v8,20/21] doc: add external memory feature to the release notes

Message ID cfc72b15ca1bc6fd6f2bb38dbddf077e68d55aea.1538398379.git.anatoly.burakov@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
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Series Support externally allocated memory in DPDK |

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Commit Message

Anatoly Burakov Oct. 1, 2018, 12:56 p.m. UTC 
  Document the addition of external memory support to DPDK.

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 6 ++++++
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index cb6308b1f..9c5f24af3 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@  New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **Added support for using externally allocated memory in DPDK.**
+
+  DPDK has gained support for creating new ``rte_malloc`` heaps referencing
+  memory that was created outside of DPDK's own page allocator, and using that
+  memory natively with any other DPDK library or data structure.
+
 * **Add support to offload more flow match and actions for CXGBE PMD**
 
   Flow API support has been enhanced for CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload: