From patchwork Fri Aug 24 11:15:59 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Alejandro Lucero X-Patchwork-Id: 43846 X-Patchwork-Delegate: ferruh.yigit@amd.com 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 BB3CC4CBB; Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:16:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from netronome.com (host-79-78-33-110.static.as9105.net [79.78.33.110]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB1692C60; Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:16:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from netronome.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netronome.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-4.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id w7OBG4bT048725; Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:16:04 +0100 Received: (from alucero@localhost) by netronome.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id w7OBG3jG048724; Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:16:03 +0100 From: Alejandro Lucero To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: stable@dpdk.org, ferruh.yigit@intel.com Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:15:59 +0100 Message-Id: <1535109359-48584-4-git-send-email-alejandro.lucero@netronome.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1535109359-48584-1-git-send-email-alejandro.lucero@netronome.com> References: <1535109359-48584-1-git-send-email-alejandro.lucero@netronome.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] doc: comment rte_eth_dev_start change 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" The new device flag RTE_ETH_DEV_NOLIVE_MAC_ADDR modifies how MAC is set when calling rte_eth_dev_start. Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst index 3ae6b3f..b0c73bd 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst @@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ API Changes This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it. Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= - + * A new device flag, RTE_ETH_DEV_NOLIVE_MAC_ADDR, changes the order of + actions inside rte_eth_dev_start regarding MAC set. Some NICs do not + support MAC changes once the port has started and with this new device + flag the MAC can be properly configured in any case. This is particularly + important for bonding. ABI Changes -----------