doc: update release notes for timer library changes
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Signed-off-by: Erik Gabriel Carrillo <erik.g.carrillo@intel.com>
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doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_05.rst | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carrillo, Erik G
> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2019 10:30 PM
> To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: update release notes for timer library changes
>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Applied, thanks
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ API Changes
* power: ``rte_power_set_env`` and ``rte_power_unset_env`` functions
have been modified to be thread safe.
+* timer: Functions have been introduced that allow multiple instances of the
+ timer lists to be created, and they are now allocated in shared memory. New
+ functions allow particular timer lists to be selected when timers are being
+ started, stopped, and managed.
+
ABI Changes
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@@ -296,6 +301,9 @@ ABI Changes
alignment for ``rte_crypto_asym_op`` to restore expected ``rte_crypto_op``
layout and alignment.
+* timer: ``rte_timer_subsystem_init`` now returns success or failure to reflect
+ whether it was able to allocate memory.
+
Shared Library Versions
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