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[v7,42/42] doc: add new SWX pipeline type to release notes

Message ID 20201001102010.36861-43-cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Marchand
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Series Pipeline alignment with the P4 language |

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Commit Message

Cristian Dumitrescu Oct. 1, 2020, 10:20 a.m. UTC 
  Add the new SWX pipeline type to the release notes.

Signed-off-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst | 11 +++++++++++
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
index 4eb3224a7..15ec247d7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@  New Features
     ``--portmask=N``
     where N represents the hexadecimal bitmask of ports used.
 
+* **Updated the pipeline library for alignment with the P4 language.**
+
+  Added new Software Switch (SWX) pipeline type that provides more
+  flexibility through API and feature alignment with the P4 language.
+
+  * The packet headers, meta-data, actions, tables and pipelines are
+    dynamically defined instead of selected from pre-defined set.
+  * The actions and the pipeline are defined with instructions.
+  * Extern objects and functions can be plugged into the pipeline.
+  * Transaction-oriented table updates.
+
 
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