ethdev: add speed capabilities

[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 e6cc34d..8e565ab 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
   A new function ``rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk()`` has been added to allow the user
   to allocate a bulk of mbufs.
 
+* **Added device link speed capabilities.**
+
+  The structure ``rte_eth_dev_info`` has now a ``speed_capa`` bitmap, which
+  allows the application to know the supported speeds of each device.
+
 * **Added new poll-mode driver for Amazon Elastic Network Adapters (ENA).**
 
   The driver operates variety of ENA adapters through feature negotiation
@@ -464,6 +469,9 @@ This section should contain API changes. Sample format:
   All drivers are now counting the missed packets only once, i.e. drivers will
   not increment ierrors anymore for missed packets.
 
+* The ethdev structure ``rte_eth_dev_info`` was changed to support device
+  speed capabilities.
+
 * The functions ``rte_eth_dev_udp_tunnel_add`` and ``rte_eth_dev_udp_tunnel_delete``
   have been renamed into ``rte_eth_dev_udp_tunnel_port_add`` and
   ``rte_eth_dev_udp_tunnel_port_delete``.