From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C744322C for <dev@dpdk.org>; Mon, 28 May 2018 18:09:02 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga007.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.52]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 28 May 2018 09:09:01 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.49,453,1520924400"; d="scan'208";a="42821819" Received: from awal-z170x.ir.intel.com ([163.33.210.59]) by fmsmga007.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 28 May 2018 09:09:00 -0700 From: Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 17:08:44 +0100 Message-Id: <20180528160845.18784-1-mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: add port representor update in release notes X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 16:09:03 -0000 Change-Id: I21f59c0e540577970c2f3bb8fcd6536fb1ccaefb Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst index e8d74f507..511d51908 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst @@ -313,6 +313,16 @@ New Features on eth devices (right now only via SW RX/TX callbacks). It also adds dependency on libelf. +* **Added support for port representors.** + + The DPDK port representors (also known as "VF representors" in the specific + context of VFs), which are to DPDK what the Ethernet switch device driver + model (**switchdev**) is to Linux, and which can be thought as a software + "patch panel" front-end for applications. DPDK port representors are + implemented as additional virtual Ethernet device (**ethdev**) instances, + spawned on an as needed basis through configuration parameters passed to the + driver of the underlying device using devargs. + API Changes ----------- -- 2.17.0