From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31594A00C2; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:56:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF6242DCC; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:56:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7F3442DCD for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:56:16 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1669308977; x=1700844977; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding; bh=FiITeYDSdmUCBCyNoea2Plz57LjogKl/WbDiDSTfzpQ=; b=fXNXKnw3hrCkjnA/AybxlT3xVrn7iNoQUm5rXBotydZlGXV7k0v5tiUl 5ZqiEnJaoAeK7xAlr/dufZYlGAXkFeBFtjdO/zTqMYqZLWl6qGaL6Bha6 5n5j8PMjQqZJIda5LBlXIsCyZ7Hh+gDy8VJvWspLu5kzFDxQGJMmj0kQa Wgm4FCUKhz3/UKsHO3v0peTkeg4lhB98GM6gISQQ/cOcd19d2Cok4k/Ca fuizEuTQ/PVz+AP2ZpV/3ZxpioYRL6VUdjq9ywYupmdprl2zHsbX74GGY Vr3ZZWUgfw4uZb34eeDYXMBXI8EWT4M+swgD+jNrWtCuXOEhbnWFkEAsB A==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6500,9779,10541"; a="341229571" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.96,190,1665471600"; d="scan'208";a="341229571" Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 24 Nov 2022 08:56:16 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6500,9779,10541"; a="971310583" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.96,190,1665471600"; d="scan'208";a="971310583" Received: from silpixa00401122.ir.intel.com ([10.243.22.75]) by fmsmga005.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 24 Nov 2022 08:56:14 -0800 From: John McNamara To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: thomas@monjalon.net, John McNamara Subject: [PATCH v1] doc: update release notes for 22.11 Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:56:10 +0000 Message-Id: <20221124165610.467621-1-john.mcnamara@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.31.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Fix grammar, spelling and formatting of DPDK 22.11 release notes. Signed-off-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst | 92 +++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst index f427deab31..99e1b06d08 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst @@ -58,34 +58,34 @@ New Features * **Added initial LoongArch architecture support.** Added EAL implementation for LoongArch architecture. - The initial devices the porting was tested on included Loongson 3A5000, + The initial port was tested on Loongson 3A5000, Loongson 3C5000 and Loongson 3C5000L. In theory this implementation should work with any target based on ``LoongArch`` ISA. * **Added support for multiple mbuf pools per ethdev Rx queue.** - The capability allows application to provide many mempools - of different size, and PMD and/or NIC to choose a memory pool - based on the packet's length and/or Rx buffers availability. + Added a capability which allows an application to provide many mempools + of different size, and PMDs and/or NICs to choose a memory pool + based on the packet's length and/or Rx buffer availability. * **Added support for congestion management in ethdev.** Added new API functions ``rte_eth_cman_config_init()``, - ``rte_eth_cman_config_get()``, ``rte_eth_cman_config_set()``, - ``rte_eth_cman_info_get()`` to support congestion management. + ``rte_eth_cman_config_get()``, ``rte_eth_cman_config_set()`` + and ``rte_eth_cman_info_get()`` to support congestion management. * **Added protocol header based buffer split.** * Added ``rte_eth_buffer_split_get_supported_hdr_ptypes()`` to get supported header protocols to split at. - * Supported protocol-based buffer split using added ``proto_hdr`` - in structure ``rte_eth_rxseg_split``. + * Added support for protocol-based buffer split using new ``proto_hdr`` + field in structure ``rte_eth_rxseg_split``. * **Added proactive error handling mode for ethdev.** Added proactive error handling mode for ethdev, - and three events were introduced: ``RTE_ETH_EVENT_ERR_RECOVERING`` + and introduced three new events: ``RTE_ETH_EVENT_ERR_RECOVERING`` to report that the port is recovering from an error, ``RTE_ETH_EVENT_RECOVER_SUCCESS`` and ``RTE_ETH_EVENT_RECOVER_FAILED``. @@ -118,32 +118,32 @@ New Features Added connection tracking action number hint to ``rte_flow_configure`` and ``rte_flow_info_get``. - PMD can prepare the connection tracking resources according to the hint. + The PMD can prepare the connection tracking resources according to the hint. * **Added support for queue-based async query in flow API.** - Added new function ``rte_flow_async_action_handle_query()``, + Added new function ``rte_flow_async_action_handle_query()`` to query the action asynchronously. * **Extended metering and marking support in the flow API.** - * Added METER_COLOR item to match color marker set by a meter. + * Added ``METER_COLOR`` item to match color marker set by a meter. * Added ability to set color marker via modify field flow API. - * Added meter API to get a pointer to profile/policy by their ID. - * Added METER_MARK action for metering with lockless profile/policy access. + * Added meter API to get a pointer to the profile/policy by their ID. + * Added ``METER_MARK`` action for metering with lockless profile/policy access. * **Added flow offload action to route packets to kernel.** - Added new flow action which allows application to re-route packets + Added new flow action which allows an application to re-route packets directly to the kernel without software involvement. * **Updated AF_XDP driver.** - * Made compatible with libbpf v0.8.0 (when used with libxdp). + * Updated AF_XDP driver to make it compatible with libbpf v0.8.0 (when used with libxdp). * **Updated AMD Pensando ionic driver.** - * Updated to reflect that Pensando has been acquired by AMD. + * Updated ionic driver to reflect that Pensando has been acquired by AMD. * Enhanced data path to provide substantial performance improvements. * Added support for mbuf fast free. * Added support for advertising packet types. @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ New Features * Added Q-in-CMB feature controlled by device option ``ionic_cmb``. * Added optimized handlers for non-scattered Rx and Tx. -* **Added GVE net PMD** +* **Added GVE net PMD.** * Added the new ``gve`` net driver for Google Virtual Ethernet devices. * See the :doc:`../nics/gve` NIC guide for more details on this new driver. @@ -172,25 +172,25 @@ New Features * **Updated Marvell cnxk driver.** - * Added support for flow action REPRESENTED_PORT. + * Added support for flow action ``REPRESENTED_PORT``. * Added support for congestion management. * **Added Microsoft mana driver.** - Disabled by default because of missing dependency. + The driver has been disabled by default because of a, currently, missing dependency. * **Updated Netronome nfp driver.** Added flow API support: - * Added the support of flower firmware. + * Added support for the flower firmware. * Added the flower service infrastructure. * Added the control message interactive channels between PMD and firmware. - * Added the support of representor port. + * Added support for a representor port. * **Updated NVIDIA mlx5 driver.** - * Added full support for queue-based async HW steering. + * Added full support for queue-based async hardware steering. - Support of FDB. - Support of control flow and isolate mode. @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ New Features * **Updated NXP dpaa2 driver.** - * Added support for flow action REPRESENTED_PORT. + * Added support for flow action ``REPRESENTED_PORT``. * **Updated Wangxun ngbe driver.** @@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ New Features * **Added non-blocking notify API to vhost library.** Added ``rte_vhost_vring_call_nonblock`` API to notify the guest that - used descriptors have been added to the vring in non-blocking way. - User should check the return value of this API and try again if needed. + used descriptors have been added to the vring in n aon-blocking way. + The user should check the return value of this API and try again if needed. * **Added support for MACsec in rte_security.** @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ New Features * **Updated Marvell cnxk crypto driver.** - * Added AES-CCM support in lookaside protocol (IPsec) for CN9K & CN10K. + * Added AES-CCM support in lookaside protocol (IPsec) for CN9K and CN10K. * Added AES & DES DOCSIS algorithm support in lookaside crypto for CN9K. * **Updated aesni_mb crypto driver.** @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ New Features * **Added bbdev operation for FFT processing.** Added a new operation type in bbdev for FFT processing with new functions - ``rte_bbdev_enqueue_fft_ops``, ``rte_bbdev_dequeue_fft_ops``, + ``rte_bbdev_enqueue_fft_ops`` and ``rte_bbdev_dequeue_fft_ops``, and related structures. * **Added Intel ACC200 bbdev driver.** @@ -285,13 +285,13 @@ New Features * **Added event crypto adapter vectorization support.** - Added support to aggregate crypto operations processed by event crypto adapter - into single event containing ``rte_event_vector`` + Added support for aggregating crypto operations processed by event crypto adapter + into a single event containing ``rte_event_vector`` whose event type is ``RTE_EVENT_TYPE_CRYPTODEV_VECTOR``. * **Added NitroSketch in membership library.** - Added a new data structure called sketch into membership library, + Added a new data structure called sketch into the membership library, to profile the traffic efficiently. NitroSketch provides high-fidelity approximate measurements and appears as a promising alternative to traditional approaches @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ New Features Added support for asymmetric crypto algorithms. See the :doc:`../sample_app_ug/fips_validation` for more details. -* **Rewritten pmdinfo script.** +* **Rewrote pmdinfo script.** The ``dpdk-pmdinfo.py`` script was rewritten to produce valid JSON only. PCI-IDs parsing has been removed. @@ -347,16 +347,16 @@ Removed Items * mem: Removed not implemented and deprecated ``rte_malloc_set_limit``. * ethdev: removed ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_PF``; - use ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT``. + use ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT`` instead. * ethdev: removed ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VF``; - use ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT``. + use ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT`` instead. * ethdev: removed ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_PHY_PORT``; - use ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT``. + use ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT`` instead. * ethdev: removed ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PHY_PORT``; - use ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT``. + use ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT`` instead. * ethdev: removed ``OF_SET_MPLS_TTL``, ``OF_DEC_MPLS_TTL``, ``OF_SET_NW_TTL``, ``OF_COPY_TTL_OUT`` and ``OF_COPY_TTL_IN`` @@ -382,30 +382,30 @@ API Changes Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ======================================================= -* eal: RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_* macros have been marked deprecated and will be removed +* eal: ``RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_*`` macros have been marked deprecated and will be removed in the future. Applications can use ``devtools/cocci/func_or_ret.cocci`` to update their code. -* eal: Updated ``rte_eal_remote_launch`` so it returns -EPIPE in case of +* eal: Updated ``rte_eal_remote_launch`` so it returns ``-EPIPE`` in case of a read or write error on the pipe, instead of calling ``rte_panic``. -* eal: Updated return types for rte_{bsf,fls} inline functions +* eal: Updated return types for ``rte_{bsf,fls}`` inline functions to be consistently ``uint32_t``. -* mempool: Deprecated helper macro ``MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE()`` is removed. +* mempool: Deprecated helper macro ``MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE()`` has been removed. The replacement macro ``RTE_MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE()`` is internal only. * mempool: Deprecated macro to register mempool driver - ``MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS()`` is removed. Use replacement macro + ``MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS()`` has been removed. Use replacement macro ``RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS()`` instead. * mempool: Deprecated macros ``MEMPOOL_PG_NUM_DEFAULT`` and - ``MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX`` are removed. These macros are not used and + ``MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX`` have been removed. These macros are not used and not required any more. * mbuf: Removed deprecated ``PKT_*`` flags. Use corresponding flags with ``RTE_MBUF_F_`` prefix instead. - Application can use ``devtools/cocci/prefix_mbuf_offload_flags.cocci`` + Applications can use ``devtools/cocci/prefix_mbuf_offload_flags.cocci`` to replace all occurrences of old mbuf flags in C code. * bus: Changed the device numa node to -1 when NUMA information is unavailable. @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ API Changes from experimental to stable. * ethdev: Banned the use of attributes ``ingress``/``egress`` in "transfer" - flows, as the final step of deprecation process that had been started + flows, as the final step of the deprecation process that had been started in DPDK 21.11. See items ``PORT_REPRESENTOR``, ``REPRESENTED_PORT``. * vhost: Promoted ``rte_vhost_vring_stats_get()``, @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ API Changes The API ``rte_security_session_create`` was updated to take only one mempool which has enough space to hold session and driver private data. -* security: MACsec support is added which resulted in updates +* security: MACsec support has been added which resulted in updates to structures ``rte_security_macsec_xform``, ``rte_security_macsec_stats`` and security capability structure ``rte_security_capability`` to accommodate MACsec capabilities. @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ ABI Changes to ``rte_event_queue_conf`` structure. * eventdev: The field ``*u64s`` in the structure ``rte_event_vector`` is replaced - with ``u64s`` as the field is supposed to hold array of uint64_t values. + with ``u64s`` as the field is supposed to hold an array of ``uint64_t`` values. * eventdev: The structure ``rte_event_vector`` was updated to include a new bit field ``elem_offset:12``. The bits are taken from the bitfield ``rsvd:15``. -- 2.31.1