doc: add warning for fm10k early driver

This patch adds a note to the release notes new features,
as a warning regarding the early status of the FM10K driver for pre-release access

Signed-off-by: Siobhan Butler <siobhan.a.butler@intel.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst
index 6acfe0c..e3edec4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
 
 New Features
 ============
+*   Poll-mode driver support for an early release of the PCIE host interface of the Intel(R) Ethernet Switch FM10000.
+
+.. note:: The software is intended to run on pre-release hardware and may contain unknown or unresolved defects or
+          issues related to functionality and performance.
+          The poll mode driver is also pre-release and will be updated to a released version post hardware and base driver release.
+          Should the official hardware release be made between DPDK releases an updated poll-mode driver will be made available.
+
 *   Link Bonding
 
     *   Support for adaptive load balancing (mode 6) to the link bonding library.