From: Thomas Monjalon Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:51:30 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: notify Rx errors not counting missed packets anymore X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~7245 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=42762a806256b3b0fa564d7eb8698b6e3a819c44;p=dpdk.git doc: notify Rx errors not counting missed packets anymore Fixes: 86057c9992f5 ("ethdev: remove missed packets from error counter") Suggested-by: Maryam Tahhan Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst index 2785b293c2..9922bcbccb 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst @@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ This section should contain API changes. Sample format: * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change. Use fixed width quotes for ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense. +* The ethdev statistics counter imissed is considered to be independent of ierrors. + All drivers are now counting the missed packets only once, i.e. drivers will + not increment ierrors anymore for missed packets. + * The functions ``rte_eth_dev_udp_tunnel_add`` and ``rte_eth_dev_udp_tunnel_delete`` have been renamed into ``rte_eth_dev_udp_tunnel_port_add`` and ``rte_eth_dev_udp_tunnel_port_delete``.