doc: update release notes about mempool allocation

Remove the deprecation notice and add an entry in the release note
for the changes in mempool allocation.

Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 7d94ba5ac4b91a82e5efb459afcaffe7510d1378..ad05ebabaffa7138f09131a4db3a41487dbc1e34 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -51,14 +51,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   functions added to facilitate the creation of mempools using an external
   handler. The 16.07 release will contain these changes.
 
-* The rte_mempool allocation will be changed in 16.07:
-  allocation of large mempool in several virtual memory chunks, new API
-  to populate a mempool, new API to free a mempool, allocation in
-  anonymous mapping, drop of specific dom0 code. These changes will
-  induce a modification of the rte_mempool structure, plus a
-  modification of the API of rte_mempool_obj_iter(), implying a breakage
-  of the ABI.
-
 * A librte_vhost public structures refactor is planned for DPDK 16.07
   that requires both ABI and API change.
   The proposed refactor would expose DPDK vhost dev to applications as

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
index a8c50c8989f11d48985d74f961f58f6d5f650213..30e78d4720248d2a19ad8b23b0731c04a7ee99a0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ 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.
+
 
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