From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga06.intel.com (mga06.intel.com [134.134.136.31]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AD761B128 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2018 14:56:39 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga006.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.51]) by orsmga104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 01 Oct 2018 05:56:38 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.54,327,1534834800"; d="scan'208";a="78912740" Received: from irvmail001.ir.intel.com ([163.33.26.43]) by orsmga006.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 01 Oct 2018 05:56:34 -0700 Received: from sivswdev01.ir.intel.com (sivswdev01.ir.intel.com [10.237.217.45]) by irvmail001.ir.intel.com (8.14.3/8.13.6/MailSET/Hub) with ESMTP id w91CuX5j000638; Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:56:33 +0100 Received: from sivswdev01.ir.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sivswdev01.ir.intel.com with ESMTP id w91CuXV8023956; Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:56:33 +0100 Received: (from aburakov@localhost) by sivswdev01.ir.intel.com with LOCAL id w91CuXCL023952; Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:56:33 +0100 From: Anatoly Burakov To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic , laszlo.madarassy@ericsson.com, laszlo.vadkerti@ericsson.com, andras.kovacs@ericsson.com, winnie.tian@ericsson.com, daniel.andrasi@ericsson.com, janos.kobor@ericsson.com, geza.koblo@ericsson.com, srinath.mannam@broadcom.com, scott.branden@broadcom.com, ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com, keith.wiles@intel.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com, thomas@monjalon.net, shreyansh.jain@nxp.com, shahafs@mellanox.com, arybchenko@solarflare.com, alejandro.lucero@netronome.com Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:56:28 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0.7 In-Reply-To: References: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 20/21] doc: add external memory feature to the release notes X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:56:40 -0000 Document the addition of external memory support to DPDK. Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst index cb6308b1f..9c5f24af3 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst @@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **Added support for using externally allocated memory in DPDK.** + + DPDK has gained support for creating new ``rte_malloc`` heaps referencing + memory that was created outside of DPDK's own page allocator, and using that + memory natively with any other DPDK library or data structure. + * **Add support to offload more flow match and actions for CXGBE PMD** Flow API support has been enhanced for CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload: -- 2.17.1