mbuf: introduce a new helper to create a pool

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

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/updating_apps.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/updating_apps.rst
index f51361540b15ffdcaf9ded8f1afa365f6a8e5fa8..f4dd196db64b856aa19c6ae4210be24cc7a24180 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/updating_apps.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/updating_apps.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ DPDK 2.0 to DPDK 2.1
     rte_pktmbuf_pool_private structure and pass it to
     rte_pktmbuf_pool_init().
 
+*   A simpler helper rte_pktmbuf_pool_create() can be used to create a
+    packet mbuf pool. The old way using rte_mempool_create() is still
+    supported though and is still used for more specific cases.
+
 DPDK 1.7 to DPDK 1.8
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