From 59af46413a552dbe322fd893f389ba18d455c7be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mohammad Abdul Awal Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 17:12:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add port representor in release notes Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal Acked-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst index e8d74f5079..8e5846ff3f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst @@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ New Features The number may be obtained using rte_mempool_ops_get_info() API. Contiguous blocks may be allocated using rte_mempool_get_contig_blocks() API. +* **Added support for port representors.** + + The DPDK port representors (also known as "VF representors" in the specific + context of VFs), which are to DPDK what the Ethernet switch device driver + model (**switchdev**) is to Linux, and which can be thought as a software + "patch panel" front-end for applications. DPDK port representors are + implemented as additional virtual Ethernet device (**ethdev**) instances, + spawned on an as needed basis through configuration parameters passed to the + driver of the underlying device using devargs. + * **Added PMD-recommended Tx and Rx parameters** Applications can now query drivers for device-tuned values of -- 2.20.1