From patchwork Wed Jul 27 13:26:55 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: John McNamara X-Patchwork-Id: 15040 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ECBD5594; Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:27:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B63072BD9 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:27:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 27 Jul 2016 06:27:09 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos; i="5.28,429,1464678000"; d="scan'208"; a="1003502494" Received: from irvmail001.ir.intel.com ([163.33.26.43]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 27 Jul 2016 06:27:08 -0700 Received: from sivswdev02.ir.intel.com (sivswdev02.ir.intel.com [10.237.217.46]) by irvmail001.ir.intel.com (8.14.3/8.13.6/MailSET/Hub) with ESMTP id u6RDR75g005986; Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:27:07 +0100 Received: from sivswdev02.ir.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sivswdev02.ir.intel.com with ESMTP id u6RDR7oQ029215; Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:27:07 +0100 Received: (from jmcnam2@localhost) by sivswdev02.ir.intel.com with id u6RDR7AU029211; Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:27:07 +0100 From: John McNamara To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: John McNamara , Bruce Richardson Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:26:55 +0100 Message-Id: <1469626015-28689-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 In-Reply-To: <1469203581-15234-2-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> References: <1469203581-15234-2-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: improve wording of new features section X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Improve the wording of some text in the "new features" section of the release notes. Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson Signed-off-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst index d00a6ed..a100e99 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst @@ -34,32 +34,36 @@ New Features Refer to the previous release notes for examples. -* **Removed mempool cache if not needed.** +* **Removed the mempool cache memory if caching is not being used.** The size of the mempool structure is reduced if the per-lcore cache is disabled. * **Added mempool external cache for non-EAL thread.** Added new functions to create, free or flush a user-owned mempool - cache for non-EAL threads. Previously the cache was always disabled + cache for non-EAL threads. Previously the caching was always disabled on these threads. -* **Changed the memory allocation in mempool library.** +* **Changed the memory allocation scheme in the mempool library.** - * Added ability to allocate a large mempool in virtually fragmented memory. + * Added the ability to allocate a large mempool in fragmented virtual memory. * Added new APIs to populate a mempool with memory. * Added an API to free a mempool. * Modified the API of the ``rte_mempool_obj_iter()`` function. - * Dropped specific Xen Dom0 code. - * Dropped specific anonymous mempool code in testpmd. + * Dropped the specific Xen Dom0 code. + * Dropped the specific anonymous mempool code in testpmd. -* **Added new driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices.** +* **Added a new driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices.** Added the new bnxt driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices. See the "Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this new driver. -* **Added new driver for ThunderX nicvf device.** +* **Added a new driver for ThunderX nicvf devices.** + + Added the new thunderx net driver for ThunderX nicvf devices. See the + "Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this new + driver. * **Added mailbox interrupt support for ixgbe and igb VFs.** @@ -123,8 +127,8 @@ New Features DPDK vhost-user will also try to reconnect by default when: - * The first connect fails (when QEMU is not started yet). - * The connection is broken (when QEMU restarts). + * The first connect fails (for example when QEMU is not started yet). + * The connection is broken (for example when QEMU restarts). It can be turned off by setting the ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NO_RECONNECT`` flag. @@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ New Features Now AESNI MB PMD supports 128/192/256-bit counter mode AES encryption and decryption. -* **Added support for AES counter mode with Intel QuickAssist devices.** +* **Added AES counter mode support for Intel QuickAssist devices.** Enabled support for the AES CTR algorithm for Intel QuickAssist devices. Provided support for algorithm-chaining operations. @@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ New Features * **Added keepalive enhancements.** - Added support for reporting of core states other than dead to + Added support for reporting of core states other than "dead" to monitoring applications, enabling the support of broader liveness reporting to external processes.