eal: register non-EAL threads as lcores

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_20_08.rst

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+* **Added non-EAL threads registration API.**
+
+  Added a new API to register non-EAL threads as lcores. This can be used by
+  applications to have its threads known of DPDK without suffering from the
+  non-EAL previous limitations in terms of performance.
+
 * **rte_*mb APIs are updated to use DMB instruction for ARMv8.**
 
   ARMv8 memory model has been strengthened to require other-multi-copy