New Features
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-* **Introduce ARMv7 architecture**
+* **Introduce ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures**
- It is now possible to build DPDK for the ARMv7 platform and test with
- virtual PMD drivers.
+ * It is now possible to build DPDK for the ARMv7 and ARMv8 platforms.
+ * ARMv7 can be tested with virtual PMD drivers.
+ * ARMv8 can be tested with virtual and physical PMD drivers.
* **Enabled freeing of ring.**
New function rte_ring_free() allows the user to free a ring
if it was created with rte_ring_create().
+* **Added keepalive support to EAL and example application.**
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* **Added ethdev API to support IEEE1588.**
Added functions to read, write and adjust system time in the NIC.