ixgbe/base: add sw-firmware sync for resource sharing on X550em_a

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_16_04.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
index c097bb88dfc4631630db0817e25d1b91b7138e23..b07491aabea1d2c6305abed59cae83dac77c2ee1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
   Only x550em_x V1 was supported before. Now V2 is supported.
   A mask for V1 and V2 is defined and used to support both.
 
+* **Added sw-firmware sync on X550EM_a.**
+
+  Added support for sw-firmware sync for resource sharing.
+  Use the PHY token, shared between sw-fw for PHY access on X550EM_a.
+
 * **Enabled PCI extended tag for i40e.**
 
   It enabled extended tag by checking and writing corresponding PCI config