config: enable virtio for ARM

removed _VIRTIO_PMD=n from arch config and let arch to use _VIRTIO_PMD
from config/common_linuxapp.

Signed-off-by: Santosh Shukla <sshukla@mvista.com>
Acked-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>

diff --git a/config/defconfig_arm-armv7a-linuxapp-gcc b/config/defconfig_arm-armv7a-linuxapp-gcc
index 8a14fd7..23ba95e 100644 (file)
--- a/config/defconfig_arm-armv7a-linuxapp-gcc
+++ b/config/defconfig_arm-armv7a-linuxapp-gcc
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MPIPE_PMD=n
-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VIRTIO_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VMXNET3_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_XENVIRT=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BNX2X=n

diff --git a/config/defconfig_arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc b/config/defconfig_arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc
index eacd01c..f6f5d18 100644 (file)
--- a/config/defconfig_arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc
+++ b/config/defconfig_arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ CONFIG_RTE_TOOLCHAIN="gcc"
 CONFIG_RTE_TOOLCHAIN_GCC=y
 
 CONFIG_RTE_IXGBE_INC_VECTOR=n
-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VIRTIO_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IVSHMEM=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_PMD=n

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
index fd7dd1a..9442018 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
   Enabled virtio 1.0 support for virtio pmd driver.
 
+* **Supported virtio for ARM.**
+
+  Enabled virtio support for armv7/v8. Tested for arm64.
+  Virtio for arm support VFIO-noiommu mode only.
+  Virtio can work with other non-x86 arch too like powerpc.
+
 * **Supported virtio offload in vhost-user.**
 
   Add the offload and negotiation of checksum and TSO between vhost-user and