[PATCH] doc: add release note entry for EAL lcores flag

[PATCH] doc: add release note entry for EAL lcores flag

[Bruce Richardson]

Add an entry in the release notes about the "-l" flag now being the
same as the "--lcores" flag. Refer to the GSG for examples.

Fixes: 1ea3833e9c4e ("eal: merge corelist and core mapping options")

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_07.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_07.rst
index a5b353d342..fa44dc562a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_07.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_07.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =======================================================
 
+* **Enhanced EAL ``-l`` corelist argument.**
+
+  Added support to the EAL ``-l`` argument for the full range of core-to-cpu mapping options supported by the ``--lcores`` EAL argument.
+  Previously, ``-l`` only supported a subset of the options,
+  allowing only a list of cpus to be specified, which would be mapped 1:1 with internal lcore ids.
+  Now, it is possible to use the shortened ``-l`` form to map lcore ids to threads running on specific CPUs.
+  See the :doc:`../linux_gsg/eal_args.include` guide for examples.
+
 * **Added PMU library.**
 
   Added a Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) library which allows Linux applications
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Re: [PATCH] doc: add release note entry for EAL lcores flag

[Thomas Monjalon]

10/06/2025 16:50, Bruce Richardson:
> Add an entry in the release notes about the "-l" flag now being the
> same as the "--lcores" flag. Refer to the GSG for examples.
> 
> Fixes: 1ea3833e9c4e ("eal: merge corelist and core mapping options")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

Applied, thanks.