From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 250051B10E for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 18:58:40 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 26 Nov 2018 09:58:40 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.56,283,1539673200"; d="scan'208";a="112303400" Received: from irsmsx154.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.192.96]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 26 Nov 2018 09:58:39 -0800 Received: from irsmsx103.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.253]) by IRSMSX154.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.12.166]) with mapi id 14.03.0415.000; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:58:38 +0000 From: "Mcnamara, John" To: Thomas Monjalon CC: "dev@dpdk.org" , "Kovacevic, Marko" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: update release notes for 18.11 Thread-Index: AQHUhXXIBekpeF07xU6cpzN9aQ3p/aViJJ6AgAAy0XA= Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:58:37 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1543229461-80418-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com> <16076895.T6Vh9qAcTW@xps> In-Reply-To: <16076895.T6Vh9qAcTW@xps> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ctpclassification: CTP_NT x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiYmJlODlkNTktMWJjYS00YTZmLTllNWEtNjFiMTk5ODBiZjdiIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX05UIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE3LjEwLjE4MDQuNDkiLCJUcnVzdGVkTGFiZWxIYXNoIjoiRU5JZVJkUXVBYXRiR21PMHFaaW81WU9xZ0FLd0c4cXRiOGZLcGw4cFdoemdQeXdrXC9XTVJhYk1YcXExZ1JqMTUifQ== dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.400.15 dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.181] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: update release notes for 18.11 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:58:41 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net] > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 2:53 PM > To: Mcnamara, John > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Kovacevic, Marko > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: update release notes for 18.11 >=20 > Hi John, >=20 > Thanks for the update. > I have a couple of comments below. >... > > Huffman Encoding for the Deflate algorithm. > > > > +* **Added NXP CAAM JR PMD.** > > + > > + Added the new caam job ring driver for NXP platforms. See the "NXP > > + CAAM JOB RING (caam_jr)" document for more details on this new driver= . > > + >=20 > The CAAM JR is a crypto PMD, so I think it should be listed before Huffma= n > Encoding, which is a compression PMD. Ok. Will change. > We could also use the syntax :doc: to refer to its guide. I thought so too (and I made a similar change elsewhere) except I couldn't= =20 find a doc for it in nics. Now that I know it is a cryptodev I know where t= o find it. :-) I'll make the change. >=20 > [...] > > +* ``AVX-512`` support has been disabled for ``GCC`` builds [1] > > +because of a > > + crash [2]. This can affect ``native`` machine type build targets on > > +the > > + platforms that support ``AVX512F`` like ``Intel Skylake`` > > +processors, and > > + can cause a possible performance drop. The immediate workaround is > > +to use > > + ``clang`` compiler on these platforms. The issue has been > > +identified as a > > + GCC defect and reported to the GCC community [3]. Further actions > > +will be > > + taken based on the GCC defect result. > > > > [1]: Commit 8d07c82b239f ("mk: disable gcc AVX512F support") > > [2]: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D97 >=20 > The references appear on the same line in HTML. Should we make them a lis= t? I'll fix this as well. John