examples/l2fwd-keepalive: add IPC liveness reporting

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_16_07.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
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@@ -38,6 +38,44 @@ New Features
 
   The size of the mempool structure is reduced if the per-lcore cache is disabled.
 
+* **Changed the memory allocation in mempool library.**
+
+  * Added ability to allocate a large mempool in virtually fragmented memory.
+  * Added new APIs to populate a mempool with memory.
+  * Added an API to free a mempool.
+  * Modified the API of rte_mempool_obj_iter() function.
+  * Dropped specific Xen Dom0 code.
+  * Dropped specific anonymous mempool code in testpmd.
+
+* **Supported virtio on IBM POWER8.**
+
+  The ioports are mapped in memory when using Linux UIO.
+
+* **Added AES-CTR support to AESNI MB PMD.**
+
+  Now AESNI MB PMD supports 128/192/256-bit counter mode AES encryption and
+  decryption.
+
+* **Added support of AES counter mode for Intel QuickAssist devices.**
+
+  Enabled support for the AES CTR algorithm for Intel QuickAssist devices.
+  Provided support for algorithm-chaining operations.
+
+* **Improved IP Pipeline Application.**
+
+  The following features have been added to ip_pipeline application:
+
+  * Configure the MAC address in the routing pipeline and automatic routes
+    updates with change in link state.
+  * Enable RSS per network interface through the configuration file.
+  * Streamline the CLI code.
+
+* **Added keepalive enhancements.**
+
+  Adds support for reporting of core states other than dead to
+  monitoring applications, enabling the support of broader liveness
+  reporting to external processes.
+
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
@@ -69,6 +107,12 @@ Drivers
 Libraries
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
+* **mbuf: Fixed refcnt update when detaching.**
+
+  Fix the ``rte_pktmbuf_detach()`` function to decrement the direct
+  mbuf's reference counter. The previous behavior was not to affect
+  the reference counter. It lead a memory leak of the direct mbuf.
+
 
 Examples
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@@ -101,6 +145,9 @@ API Changes
   ibadcrc, ibadlen, imcasts, fdirmatch, fdirmiss,
   tx_pause_xon, rx_pause_xon, tx_pause_xoff, rx_pause_xoff.
 
+* The extended statistics are fetched by ids with ``rte_eth_xstats_get``
+  after a lookup by name ``rte_eth_xstats_get_names``.
+
 
 ABI Changes
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