doc: clarify PMD order in release notes

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / prog_guide / poll_mode_drv.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
index af82352..0d4ac77 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
@@ -328,11 +328,6 @@ A newly added offloads in ``[rt]x_conf->offloads`` to ``rte_eth_[rt]x_queue_setu
 is the one which hasn't been enabled in ``rte_eth_dev_configure()`` and is requested to be enabled
 in ``rte_eth_[rt]x_queue_setup()``. It must be per-queue type, otherwise trigger an error log.
 
-For an application to use the Tx offloads API it should set the ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_IGNORE`` flag in the ``txq_flags`` field located in ``rte_eth_txconf`` struct.
-In such cases it is not required to set other flags in ``txq_flags``.
-For an application to use the Rx offloads API it should set the ``ignore_offload_bitfield`` bit in the ``rte_eth_rxmode`` struct.
-In such cases it is not required to set other bitfield offloads in the ``rxmode`` struct.
-
 Poll Mode Driver API
 --------------------
 
@@ -365,6 +360,8 @@ Ethernet Device API
 
 The Ethernet device API exported by the Ethernet PMDs is described in the *DPDK API Reference*.
 
+.. _ethernet_device_standard_device_arguments:
+
 Ethernet Device Standard Device Arguments
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -375,11 +372,19 @@ parameters to those ports.
 
 * ``representor`` for a device which supports the creation of representor ports
   this argument allows user to specify which switch ports to enable port
-  representors for.::
-
-   -w BDBF,representor=0
-   -w BDBF,representor=[0,4,6,9]
-   -w BDBF,representor=[0-31]
+  representors for. Multiple representors in one device argument is invalid::
+
+   -a DBDF,representor=vf0
+   -a DBDF,representor=vf[0,4,6,9]
+   -a DBDF,representor=vf[0-31]
+   -a DBDF,representor=vf[0,2-4,7,9-11]
+   -a DBDF,representor=sf0
+   -a DBDF,representor=sf[1,3,5]
+   -a DBDF,representor=sf[0-1023]
+   -a DBDF,representor=sf[0,2-4,7,9-11]
+   -a DBDF,representor=pf1vf0
+   -a DBDF,representor=pf[0-1]sf[0-127]
+   -a DBDF,representor=pf1
 
 Note: PMDs are not required to support the standard device arguments and users
 should consult the relevant PMD documentation to see support devargs.
@@ -603,9 +608,9 @@ thread safety all these operations should be called from the same thread.
 For example when PF is reset, the PF sends a message to notify VFs of
 this event and also trigger an interrupt to VFs. Then in the interrupt
 service routine the VFs detects this notification message and calls
-_rte_eth_dev_callback_process(dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_RESET, NULL).
+rte_eth_dev_callback_process(dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_RESET, NULL).
 This means that a PF reset triggers an RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_RESET
-event within VFs. The function _rte_eth_dev_callback_process() will
+event within VFs. The function rte_eth_dev_callback_process() will
 call the registered callback function. The callback function can trigger
 the application to handle all operations the VF reset requires including
 stopping Rx/Tx queues and calling rte_eth_dev_reset().