examples/l2fwd: add forwarding port mapping option

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

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@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ New Features
   * Dump ``rte_flow`` memory consumption.
   * Measure packet per second forwarding.
 
+* **Added --portmap command line parameter to l2fwd example.**
+
+  Added new command line option ``--portmap="(port, port)[,(port, port)]"`` to
+  pass forwarding port details.
+  See the :doc:`../sample_app_ug/l2_forward_real_virtual` for more
+  details of this parameter usage.
+
 
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