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[dpdk-dev] doc: notify x86 SSE4.2 requirement in release notes

Message ID 20170803134611.10596-1-thomas@monjalon.net (mailing list archive)
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Thomas Monjalon Aug. 3, 2017, 1:46 p.m. UTC 
  Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

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Bruce Richardson Aug. 3, 2017, 1:50 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 03:46:11PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
> index c3554761c..d5a708a09 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
> @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ New Features
>       Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
>       =========================================================
>  
> +* **Bumped minimal x86 ISA to SSE4.2.**
> +
> +  Starting with version 17.08, DPDK requires SSE4.2 to run on x86.
> +

For clarification, I think an additional sentence should also be added
stating: "Previous versions required SSE3."

Otherwise:
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Thomas Monjalon Aug. 3, 2017, 2:03 p.m. UTC | #2 
03/08/2017 15:50, Bruce Richardson:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 03:46:11PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
[...]
> > +* **Bumped minimal x86 ISA to SSE4.2.**
> > +
> > +  Starting with version 17.08, DPDK requires SSE4.2 to run on x86.
> 
> For clarification, I think an additional sentence should also be added
> stating: "Previous versions required SSE3."
> 
> Otherwise:
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

Applied with your change, thanks
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
index c3554761c..d5a708a09 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@  New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **Bumped minimal x86 ISA to SSE4.2.**
+
+  Starting with version 17.08, DPDK requires SSE4.2 to run on x86.
+
 * **Added Service Core functionality.**
 
   The service core functionality added to EAL allows DPDK to run services such