4 .. **Read this first.**
6 The text below explains how to update the release notes.
8 Use proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation in all sections.
10 Variable and config names should be quoted as fixed width text: ``LIKE_THIS``.
12 Build the docs and view the output file to ensure the changes are correct::
16 firefox build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.html
22 .. This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
24 * **Add a title in the past tense with a full stop.**
26 Add a short 1-2 sentence description in the past tense. The description
27 should be enough to allow someone scanning the release notes to understand
30 If the feature adds a lot of sub-features you can use a bullet list like this.
32 * Added feature foo to do something.
33 * Enhanced feature bar to do something else.
35 Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
37 * **Removed mempool cache if not needed.**
39 The size of the mempool structure is reduced if the per-lcore cache is disabled.
45 .. This section should contain bug fixes added to the relevant sections. Sample format:
47 * **code/section Fixed issue in the past tense with a full stop.**
49 Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the resolved issue in the past tense.
50 The title should contain the code/lib section like a commit message.
51 Add the entries in alphabetic order in the relevant sections below.
61 * **i40e: Fixed vlan stripping from inner header.**
63 Previously, for tunnel packets, such as VXLAN/NVGRE, the vlan
64 tags of the inner header will be stripped without putting vlan
66 Now this issue is fixed by disabling vlan stripping from inner header.
72 * **mbuf: Fixed refcnt update when detaching.**
74 Fix the ``rte_pktmbuf_detach()`` function to decrement the direct
75 mbuf's reference counter. The previous behavior was not to affect
76 the reference counter. It lead a memory leak of the direct mbuf.
90 .. This section should contain new known issues in this release. Sample format:
92 * **Add title in present tense with full stop.**
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95 tense. Add information on any known workarounds.
101 .. This section should contain API changes. Sample format:
103 * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change. Use fixed width
104 quotes for ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
106 * The following counters are removed from ``rte_eth_stats`` structure:
107 ibadcrc, ibadlen, imcasts, fdirmatch, fdirmiss,
108 tx_pause_xon, rx_pause_xon, tx_pause_xoff, rx_pause_xoff.
114 .. * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the ABI change that was announced in
115 the previous releases and made in this release. Use fixed width quotes for
116 ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
118 * The ``rte_port_source_params`` structure has new fields to support PCAP file.
119 It was already in release 16.04 with ``RTE_NEXT_ABI`` flag.
122 Shared Library Versions
123 -----------------------
125 .. Update any library version updated in this release and prepend with a ``+`` sign.
127 The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
135 librte_distributor.so.1
145 + librte_mempool.so.2
163 .. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested with this
177 .. This section should contain a list of NICs that were tested with this release.