This feature was added in the following commit: commit a3f5252e5cbd ("net/pcap: enable infinitely Rx a pcap file") Signed-off-by: Cian Ferriter <cian.ferriter@intel.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst index 60c258136..c5acfe028 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst @@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ New Features * Enabled need_wakeup feature which can provide efficient support for case that application and driver executing on the same core. +* **Enabled infinite Rx in the PCAP PMD.** + + Added an infinite Rx feature which allows packets in the Rx PCAP of a PCAP + device to be received repeatedly at a high rate. This can be useful for quick + performance testing of DPDK apps. + * **Updated telemetry library for global metrics support.** Updated ``librte_telemetry`` to fetch the global metrics from the -- 2.17.1
v2 changes:
* added the commit ID to which the announcement is relevant
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferriter, Cian
> Sent: 03 July 2019 12:04
> To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Kovacevic, Marko
> <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Ferriter, Cian <cian.ferriter@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 19.08 v2] doc: announce infinite Rx PCAP PMD feature
>
> This feature was added in the following commit:
> commit a3f5252e5cbd ("net/pcap: enable infinitely Rx a pcap file")
>
> Signed-off-by: Cian Ferriter <cian.ferriter@intel.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> index 60c258136..c5acfe028 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> @@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ New Features
> * Enabled need_wakeup feature which can provide efficient support for
> case
> that application and driver executing on the same core.
>
> +* **Enabled infinite Rx in the PCAP PMD.**
> +
> + Added an infinite Rx feature which allows packets in the Rx PCAP of a
> + PCAP device to be received repeatedly at a high rate. This can be
> + useful for quick performance testing of DPDK apps.
> +
> * **Updated telemetry library for global metrics support.**
>
> Updated ``librte_telemetry`` to fetch the global metrics from the
> --
> 2.17.1
On 7/3/2019 12:04 PM, Cian Ferriter wrote: > This feature was added in the following commit: > commit a3f5252e5cbd ("net/pcap: enable infinitely Rx a pcap file") > > Signed-off-by: Cian Ferriter <cian.ferriter@intel.com> <...> > @@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ New Features > * Enabled need_wakeup feature which can provide efficient support for case > that application and driver executing on the same core. > > +* **Enabled infinite Rx in the PCAP PMD.** > + > + Added an infinite Rx feature which allows packets in the Rx PCAP of a PCAP > + device to be received repeatedly at a high rate. This can be useful for quick > + performance testing of DPDK apps. > + Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks. (cc'ed Jonathan, this feature looks like his "dpdk-burst-replay" [1], in case he is interested.) [1]: http://git.dpdk.org/apps/dpdk-burst-replay/