doc: update softnic guide for flow and QoS support

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_18_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index b35484055f9e692d247c4727ed8e6c1fcbbfe111..bd141140f2cb6f3369f6ed00fc8c4b84807d920b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ New Features
   A new devarg ``phy_mac`` was introduced to allow users to use physical
   MAC address of the selected PCAP interface.
 
+* **Added classification and metering support to SoftNIC PMD.**
+
+  Added support for flow classification (rte_flow API), and metering and
+  policing (rte_mtr API) to the SoftNIC PMD.
+
 * **Added support for GEN3 devices to Intel QAT driver .**
 
   Added support for the third generation of Intel QuickAssist devices.