From: Adrien Mazarguil Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:00:05 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: update release notes for flow API X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~5238 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3912aa3771c2b1adca4ae98f56529cff90baa93f;p=dpdk.git doc: update release notes for flow API Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst index 23f335aae9..180af826e3 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst @@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **Added generic flow API (rte_flow).** + + This API provides a generic means to configure hardware to match specific + ingress or egress traffic, alter its fate and query related counters + according to any number of user-defined rules. + + It is slightly higher-level than the legacy filtering framework which it + encompasses and supersedes (including all functions and filter types) in + order to expose a single interface with an unambiguous behavior that is + common to all poll-mode drivers (PMDs). + + See the :ref:`Generic flow API ` documentation for more + information. + Resolved Issues ---------------