From: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: improve wording of new features section
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:26:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1469626015-28689-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1469203581-15234-2-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Improve the wording of some text in the "new features" section of
the release notes.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
---
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.
--
2.7.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-27 13:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-22 16:06 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: fix indentation of new feature in release notes Bruce Richardson
2016-07-22 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] doc: improve wording of new features section Bruce Richardson
2016-07-22 16:19 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-25 8:39 ` Bruce Richardson
2016-07-27 13:26 ` John McNamara [this message]
2016-07-28 15:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Thomas Monjalon
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