Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add VxLAN GRO to release notes

["Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hu, Jiayu
> Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 5:29 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; thomas@monjalon.net; Hu,
> Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: add VxLAN GRO to release notes
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
> index c42a1d6..c2078b5 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
> @@ -230,6 +230,15 @@ New Features
>    current build system using ``make``. For instructions on how to do a
> DPDK build
>    using the new system, see the instructions in ``doc/build-sdk-
> meson.txt``.
> 
> +* **Add GRO support for VxLAN-tunneled packets.**
> +
> +  Add GRO support for VxLAN-tunneled packets. Supported VxLAN packets
> + must contain an outer IPv4 header and inner TCP/IPv4 headers. VxLAN
> + GRO doesn't check if input packets have correct checksums and doesn't
> + update checksums for output packets. Additionally, it assumes the
> + packets are complete (i.e., MF==0 && frag_off==0), when IP
> + fragmentation is possible (i.e., DF==0).
> +
>  .. note::
> 
>      This new build system support is incomplete at this point and is
> added

The text has been added between the previous section and a note belonging
to the previous section.

However, we can fix this in the final revision of the release notes, so:

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>