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[dpdk-dev] doc: update release notes for mlx5 driver

Message ID 20171016052329.60921-1-shahafs@mellanox.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
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Shahaf Shuler Oct. 16, 2017, 5:23 a.m. UTC 
  Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

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Thomas Monjalon Oct. 16, 2017, 10:15 a.m. UTC | #1 
16/10/2017 07:23, Shahaf Shuler:
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
> @@ -165,6 +165,19 @@ New Features
>    checksums, and doesn't update checksums for output packets.
>    Additionally, the GSO library doesn't process IP fragmented packets.
>  
> +* **Updated mlx5 driver.**
> +
> +  Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes:
> +
> +   * Enabled PMD to run on top of upstream linux kernel and rdma-core libs.
> +     By that removed the dependency on specific Mellanox OFED libraries.
> +   * Improved PMD latency performance.
> +   * Improved PMD memory footprint.
> +   * Supported vectorized Rx/Tx burst for ARMv8.
> +   * Supported secondary process.
> +   * Supported flow counters.
> +   * Supported Rx hardware timestamp offload.
> +   * Supported device removal event.
>  
>  Resolved Issues
>  ---------------

2 nitpick comments:
	- you must keep the double blank line before the title
	- better to add it near other net PMD notes
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
index 8db35f5e4..036b0af25 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
@@ -165,6 +165,19 @@  New Features
   checksums, and doesn't update checksums for output packets.
   Additionally, the GSO library doesn't process IP fragmented packets.
 
+* **Updated mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes:
+
+   * Enabled PMD to run on top of upstream linux kernel and rdma-core libs.
+     By that removed the dependency on specific Mellanox OFED libraries.
+   * Improved PMD latency performance.
+   * Improved PMD memory footprint.
+   * Supported vectorized Rx/Tx burst for ARMv8.
+   * Supported secondary process.
+   * Supported flow counters.
+   * Supported Rx hardware timestamp offload.
+   * Supported device removal event.
 
 Resolved Issues
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