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{ "id": 57270, "url": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/api/patches/57270/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/1564493067-76750-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com/", "project": { "id": 1, "url": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/api/projects/1/?format=api", "name": "DPDK", "link_name": "dpdk", "list_id": "dev.dpdk.org", "list_email": "dev@dpdk.org", "web_url": "http://core.dpdk.org", "scm_url": "git://dpdk.org/dpdk", "webscm_url": "http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev", "list_archive_url_format": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/{}", "commit_url_format": "" }, "msgid": "<1564493067-76750-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com>", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/1564493067-76750-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com", "date": "2019-07-30T13:24:27", "name": "[v1] doc: update release notes for 19.08", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "accepted", "archived": true, "hash": "43282e2f57454958d72537208faef0e081e8e9a7", "submitter": { "id": 154, "url": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/api/people/154/?format=api", "name": "John McNamara", "email": "john.mcnamara@intel.com" }, "delegate": { "id": 1, "url": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/api/users/1/?format=api", "username": "tmonjalo", "first_name": "Thomas", "last_name": "Monjalon", "email": "thomas@monjalon.net" }, "mbox": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/1564493067-76750-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 5829, "url": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/api/series/5829/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=5829", "date": "2019-07-30T13:24:27", "name": "[v1] doc: update release notes for 19.08", "version": 1, "mbox": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/series/5829/mbox/" } ], "comments": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/api/patches/57270/comments/", "check": "success", "checks": "http://patchwork.dpdk.org/api/patches/57270/checks/", "tags": {}, "related": [], "headers": { "Return-Path": "<dev-bounces@dpdk.org>", "X-Original-To": "patchwork@dpdk.org", "Delivered-To": "patchwork@dpdk.org", "Received": [ "from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1])\n\tby dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48D21C122;\n\tTue, 30 Jul 2019 15:22:39 +0200 (CEST)", "from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24])\n\tby dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71FA12C5\n\tfor <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:22:38 +0200 (CEST)", "from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48])\n\tby orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;\n\t30 Jul 2019 06:22:37 -0700", "from silpixa00372895.ir.intel.com (HELO\n\tsilpixa00372895.ger.corp.intel.com) ([10.237.222.166])\n\tby fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Jul 2019 06:22:35 -0700" ], "X-Amp-Result": "SKIPPED(no attachment in message)", "X-Amp-File-Uploaded": "False", "X-ExtLoop1": "1", "X-IronPort-AV": "E=Sophos;i=\"5.64,326,1559545200\"; d=\"scan'208\";a=\"195794387\"", "From": "John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>", "To": "dev@dpdk.org", "Cc": "thomas@monjalon.net,\n\tJohn McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>", "Date": "Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:24:27 +0100", "Message-Id": "<1564493067-76750-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com>", "X-Mailer": "git-send-email 2.7.5", "MIME-Version": "1.0", "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=UTF-8", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "8bit", "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: update release notes for 19.08", "X-BeenThere": "dev@dpdk.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.15", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>,\n\t<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:dev@dpdk.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>,\n\t<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "dev-bounces@dpdk.org", "Sender": "\"dev\" <dev-bounces@dpdk.org>" }, "content": "Fix grammar, spelling and formatting of DPDK 19.08 release notes.\n\nSigned-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>\n---\n doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst | 126 ++++++++++++++++-----------------\n 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst\nindex fcd1386..78df3e1 100644\n--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst\n+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst\n@@ -58,20 +58,20 @@ New Features\n \n * **EAL will now pick IOVA as VA mode as the default in most cases.**\n \n- Previously, preferred default IOVA mode was selected to be IOVA as PA. The\n+ Previously, the preferred default IOVA mode was selected to be IOVA as PA. The\n behavior has now been changed to handle IOVA mode detection in a more complex\n manner, and will default to IOVA as VA in most cases.\n \n * **Added MCS lock.**\n \n MCS lock provides scalability by spinning on a CPU/thread local variable\n- which avoids expensive cache bouncings.\n+ which avoids expensive cache bouncing.\n It provides fairness by maintaining a list of acquirers and passing\n the lock to each CPU/thread in the order they acquired the lock.\n \n * **Updated the EAL Pseudo-random Number Generator.**\n \n- The lrand48()-based rte_rand() function is replaced with a\n+ The ``lrand48()`` based ``rte_rand()`` function is replaced with a\n DPDK-native combined Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR)\n pseudo-random number generator (PRNG).\n \n@@ -79,33 +79,33 @@ New Features\n higher-quality pseudo-random numbers (including full 64 bit\n support) and improved performance.\n \n- In addition, <rte_random.h> is extended with a new function\n- rte_rand_max() which supplies unbiased, bounded pseudo-random\n+ In addition, ``<rte_random.h>`` is extended with a new function\n+ ``rte_rand_max()`` which supplies unbiased, bounded pseudo-random\n numbers.\n \n-* **Updated the bnxt PMD.**\n+* **Updated the Broadcom bnxt PMD.**\n \n- Updated the bnxt PMD. The major enhancements include:\n+ Updated the Broadcom bnxt PMD. The major enhancements include:\n \n- * Performance optimizations in non-vector Tx path\n- * Added support for SSE vector mode\n- * Updated HWRM API to version 1.10.0.91\n+ * Performance optimizations in non-vector Tx path.\n+ * Added support for SSE vector mode.\n+ * Updated HWRM API to version 1.10.0.91.\n \n * **Added support for Broadcom NetXtreme-E BCM57500 Ethernet controllers.**\n \n- Added support to the bnxt PMD for the BCM57500 (a.k.a. \"Thor\") family\n+ Added support to the Broadcom bnxt PMD for the BCM57500 (a.k.a. \"Thor\") family\n of Ethernet controllers. These controllers support link speeds up to\n 200Gbps, 50G PAM-4, and PCIe 4.0.\n \n-* **Added hinic PMD.**\n+* **Added Huawei hinic PMD.**\n \n Added the new ``hinic`` net driver for Huawei Intelligent PCIE Network\n Adapters based on the Huawei Ethernet Controller Hi1822.\n See the :doc:`../nics/hinic` guide for more details on this new driver.\n \n-* **Updated the ice driver.**\n+* **Updated the Intel ice driver.**\n \n- Updated ice driver with new features and improvements, including:\n+ Updated the Intel ice driver with new features and improvements, including:\n \n * Enabled Tx outer/inner L3/L4 checksum offload.\n * Enabled generic filter framework and supported switch filter.\n@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ New Features\n * Added support for match on ICMP/ICMP6 code and type.\n * Added support for matching on GRE's key and C,K,S present bits.\n * Added support for IP-in-IP tunnel.\n- * Accelerate flows with count action creation and destroy.\n- * Accelerate flows counter query.\n+ * Accelerated flows with count action creation and destroy.\n+ * Accelerated flows counter query.\n * Improved Tx datapath performance with enabled HW offloads.\n * Added support for LRO.\n \n@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ New Features\n \n * **Added memif PMD.**\n \n- Added the new Shared Memory Packet Interface (``memif``) PMD.\n+ Added a new Shared Memory Packet Interface (``memif``) PMD.\n See the :doc:`../nics/memif` guide for more details on this new driver.\n \n * **Updated the AF_XDP PMD.**\n@@ -141,31 +141,31 @@ New Features\n Updated the AF_XDP PMD. The new features include:\n \n * Enabled zero copy through mbuf's external memory mechanism to achieve\n- high performance\n+ higher performance.\n * Added multi-queue support to allow one af_xdp vdev with multiple netdev\n- queues\n- * Enabled need_wakeup feature which can provide efficient support for case\n- that application and driver executing on the same core.\n+ queues.\n+ * Enabled \"need_wakeup\" feature which can provide efficient support for the\n+ usecase where the application and driver executing on the same core.\n \n * **Enabled infinite Rx in the PCAP PMD.**\n \n- Added an infinite Rx feature which allows packets in the Rx PCAP of a PCAP\n- device to be received repeatedly at a high rate. This can be useful for quick\n+ Added an infinite Rx feature to the PCAP PMD which allows packets in the Rx\n+ PCAP to be received repeatedly at a high rate. This can be useful for quick\n performance testing of DPDK apps.\n \n-* **Enabled Receiving no packet on PCAP Rx.**\n+* **Enabled receiving no packet in the PCAP PMD.**\n \n- Added function to allow users to run without receiving any packets on PCAP Rx.\n- When function is called, a dummy queue is created for each Tx queue argument\n- passed.\n+ Added function to allow users to run the PCAP PMD without receiving any\n+ packets on PCAP Rx. When the function is called, a dummy queue is created\n+ for each Tx queue argument passed.\n \n * **Added a FPGA_LTE_FEC bbdev PMD.**\n \n- Added the new ``fpga_lte_fec`` bbdev driver for the Intel® FPGA PAC\n+ Added a new ``fpga_lte_fec`` bbdev driver for the Intel\\ |reg| FPGA PAC\n (Programmable Acceleration Card) N3000. See the\n :doc:`../bbdevs/fpga_lte_fec` BBDEV guide for more details on this new driver.\n \n-* **Updated TURBO_SW bbdev PMD.**\n+* **Updated the TURBO_SW bbdev PMD.**\n \n Updated the ``turbo_sw`` bbdev driver with changes including:\n \n@@ -173,17 +173,17 @@ New Features\n SDK libraries.\n * Added support for 5GNR encode/decode operations.\n \n-* **Updated the QuickAssist Technology (QAT) symmetric crypto PMD.**\n+* **Updated the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) symmetric crypto PMD.**\n \n Added support for digest-encrypted cases where digest is appended\n to the data.\n \n-* **Added Intel QuickData Technology PMD**\n+* **Added the Intel QuickData Technology PMD.**\n \n- The PMD for Intel\\ |reg| QuickData Technology, part of\n+ Added a PMD for the Intel\\ |reg| QuickData Technology, part of\n Intel\\ |reg| I/O Acceleration Technology `(Intel I/OAT)\n <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-network/accel-technology.html>`_,\n- allows data copies to be done by hardware instead\n+ which allows data copies to be done by hardware instead\n of via software, reducing cycles spent copying large blocks of data in\n applications.\n \n@@ -191,25 +191,25 @@ New Features\n \n Added the new ``ethdev``, ``eventdev``, ``mempool``, ``eventdev Rx adapter``,\n ``eventdev Tx adapter``, ``eventdev Timer adapter`` and ``rawdev DMA``\n- drivers for various HW coprocessors available in ``OCTEON TX2`` SoC.\n+ drivers for various HW co-processors available in ``OCTEON TX2`` SoC.\n \n- See :doc:`../platform/octeontx2` and driver informations:\n+ See :doc:`../platform/octeontx2` and driver information:\n \n * :doc:`../nics/octeontx2`\n * :doc:`../mempool/octeontx2`\n * :doc:`../eventdevs/octeontx2`\n * :doc:`../rawdevs/octeontx2_dma`\n \n-* **Introduced NTB PMD.**\n+* **Introduced the Intel NTB PMD.**\n \n- Added a PMD for Intel NTB (Non-transparent Bridge). This PMD implemented\n- handshake between two separate hosts and can share local memory for peer\n+ Added a PMD for Intel NTB (Non-transparent Bridge). This PMD implements\n+ a handshake between two separate hosts and can share local memory for peer\n host to directly access.\n \n-* **Updated IPSec library and IPsec Security Gateway application.**\n+* **Updated the IPSec library and IPsec Security Gateway application.**\n \n Added the following features to ``librte_ipsec``. Corresponding changes are\n- also added in ``ipsec-secgw`` sample application.\n+ also added in the ``ipsec-secgw`` sample application.\n \n * ECN and DSCP field header reconstruction as per RFC4301.\n * Transport mode with IPv6 extension headers.\n@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ New Features\n \n * **Added new telemetry mode for l3fwd-power application.**\n \n- Added telemetry mode to l3fwd-power application to report\n- application level busyness, empty and full polls of rte_eth_rx_burst().\n+ Added a telemetry mode to the ``l3fwd-power`` application to report\n+ application level busyness, empty and full polls of ``rte_eth_rx_burst()``.\n \n * **Updated the pdump application.**\n \n@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ New Features\n \n * **Updated test-compress-perf tool application.**\n \n- Added multiple cores feature to compression perf tool application.\n+ Added a multiple cores feature to the compression perf tool application.\n \n \n Removed Items\n@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Removed Items\n Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.\n =========================================================\n \n-* Removed KNI ethtool, CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL, support.\n+* Removed KNI ethtool, ``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL``, support.\n \n * build: armv8 crypto extension is disabled.\n \n@@ -266,17 +266,17 @@ API Changes\n Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.\n =========================================================\n \n-* The ``rte_mem_config`` structure has been made private. The new accessor\n+* The ``rte_mem_config`` structure has been made private. New accessor\n ``rte_mcfg_*`` functions were introduced to provide replacement for direct\n access to the shared mem config.\n \n * The network structures, definitions and functions have\n been prefixed by ``rte_`` to resolve conflicts with libc headers.\n \n-* malloc: The function ``rte_malloc_set_limit`` was never implemented\n- is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.\n+* malloc: The function ``rte_malloc_set_limit()`` was never implemented.\n+ It is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.\n \n-* cryptodev: the ``uint8_t *data`` member of ``key`` structure in the xforms\n+* cryptodev: the ``uint8_t *data`` member of the ``key`` structure in the xforms\n structure (``rte_crypto_cipher_xform``, ``rte_crypto_auth_xform``, and\n ``rte_crypto_aead_xform``) have been changed to ``const uint8_t *data``.\n \n@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ API Changes\n announced at least one release before the ABI change is made. There are no\n ABI breaking changes planned.\n \n-* ip_frag: IP fragmentation library converts input mbuf into fragments\n- using input MTU size via ``rte_ipv4_fragment_packet`` interface.\n+* ip_frag: The IP fragmentation library converts input mbuf into fragments\n+ using input MTU size via the ``rte_ipv4_fragment_packet()`` interface.\n Once fragmentation is done, each ``mbuf->ol_flags`` are set to enable IP\n checksum H/W offload irrespective of the platform capability.\n Cleared IP checksum H/W offload flag from the library. The application must\n@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ API Changes\n use it.\n \n * ip_frag: IP reassembly library converts the list of fragments into a\n- reassembled packet via ``rte_ipv4_frag_reassemble_packet`` interface.\n+ reassembled packet via ``rte_ipv4_frag_reassemble_packet()`` interface.\n Once reassembly is done, ``mbuf->ol_flags`` are set to enable IP checksum H/W\n offload irrespective of the platform capability. Cleared IP checksum H/W\n offload flag from the library. The application must set this flag if it is\n@@ -305,10 +305,11 @@ API Changes\n * sched: Macros ``RTE_SCHED_QUEUES_PER_TRAFFIC_CLASS`` and\n ``RTE_SCHED_PIPE_PROFILES_PER_PORT`` are removed for flexible configuration\n of pipe traffic classes and their queues size, and for runtime configuration\n- of maximum number of pipe profiles, respectively. In addtion, wrr_weights\n- field of struct ``rte_sched_pipe_params`` is modifed to be used only for\n- best-effort tc, and qsize field of struct ``rte_sched_port_params`` is\n- changed to allow different size of the each queue.\n+ of the maximum number of pipe profiles, respectively. In addition, the\n+ ``wrr_weights`` field of struct ``rte_sched_pipe_params`` is modified to be\n+ used only for best-effort tc, and the ``qsize`` field of struct\n+ ``rte_sched_port_params`` is changed to allow different sizes for each\n+ queue.\n \n \n ABI Changes\n@@ -342,14 +343,14 @@ ABI Changes\n disable features supported by the crypto device. Only the following features\n would be allowed to be disabled this way,\n \n- - ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYMMETRIC_CRYPTO``\n- - ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_ASYMMETRIC_CRYPTO``\n- - ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SECURITY``\n+ - ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYMMETRIC_CRYPTO``.\n+ - ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_ASYMMETRIC_CRYPTO``.\n+ - ``RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SECURITY``.\n \n Disabling unused features would facilitate efficient usage of HW/SW offload.\n \n-* bbdev: New operations and parameters added to support new 5GNR operations.\n- The bbdev ABI is still kept experimental.\n+* bbdev: New operations and parameters have been added to support new 5GNR\n+ operations. The bbdev ABI is still kept experimental.\n \n \n Shared Library Versions\n@@ -444,11 +445,11 @@ Known Issues\n Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.\n =========================================================\n \n-* **Unsuitable IOVA mode may be picked as the default**\n+* **Unsuitable IOVA mode may be picked as the default.**\n \n Not all kernel drivers and not all devices support all IOVA modes. EAL will\n attempt to pick a reasonable default based on a number of factors, but\n- there may be cases where the default may be unsuitable.\n+ there may be cases where the default is unsuitable.\n \n It is recommended to use the `--iova-mode` command-line parameter if the\n default is not suitable.\n@@ -472,4 +473,3 @@ Tested Platforms\n This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.\n Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.\n =========================================================\n-\n", "prefixes": [ "v1" ] }