doc: add ixgbe specific API

Add information about new ixgbe PMD API.

Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
index ed260c4..3b6851b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ..  BSD LICENSE
-    Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
     All rights reserved.
 
     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ The following MACROs are used for these three features:
 
 *   ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NOXSUMTCP
 
+Application Programming Interface
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In DPDK release v16.11 an API for ixgbe specific functions has been added to the ixgbe PMD.
+The declarations for the API functions are in the header ``rte_pmd_ixgbe.h``.
 
 Sample Application Notes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
index 866ed6d..ea2683c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ New Features
   * increase mailbox version to ixgbe_mbox_api_13
   * add two MAC ops for Hyper-V support
 
+* **Added API's for VF management to the ixgbe PMD.**
+
+  Eight new API's have been added to the ixgbe PMD for VF management from the PF.
+  The declarations for the API's can be found in ``rte_pmd_ixgbe.h``.
+
 * **Updated the QAT PMD.**
 
   The QAT PMD was updated with following support: