From: John McNamara Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:26:55 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: improve wording of new features in 16.07 X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~6056 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=676afde103ecb0516f0add4a6d602927f35bc231;p=dpdk.git doc: improve wording of new features in 16.07 Improve the wording of some text in the "new features" section of the release notes. Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson Signed-off-by: John McNamara --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst index e517e124d3..ac99e7f901 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst @@ -34,32 +34,36 @@ New Features Refer to the previous release notes for examples. -* **Removed mempool cache if not needed.** +* **Removed the mempool cache memory if caching is not being used.** The size of the mempool structure is reduced if the per-lcore cache is disabled. * **Added mempool external cache for non-EAL thread.** Added new functions to create, free or flush a user-owned mempool - cache for non-EAL threads. Previously the cache was always disabled + cache for non-EAL threads. Previously the caching was always disabled on these threads. -* **Changed the memory allocation in mempool library.** +* **Changed the memory allocation scheme in the mempool library.** - * Added ability to allocate a large mempool in virtually fragmented memory. + * Added the ability to allocate a large mempool in fragmented virtual memory. * Added new APIs to populate a mempool with memory. * Added an API to free a mempool. * Modified the API of the ``rte_mempool_obj_iter()`` function. - * Dropped specific Xen Dom0 code. - * Dropped specific anonymous mempool code in testpmd. + * Dropped the specific Xen Dom0 code. + * Dropped the specific anonymous mempool code in testpmd. -* **Added new driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices.** +* **Added a new driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices.** Added the new bnxt driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices. See the "Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this new driver. -* **Added new driver for ThunderX nicvf device.** +* **Added a new driver for ThunderX nicvf devices.** + + Added the new thunderx net driver for ThunderX nicvf devices. See the + "Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this new + driver. * **Added mailbox interrupt support for ixgbe and igb VFs.** @@ -138,8 +142,8 @@ New Features DPDK vhost-user will also try to reconnect by default when: - * The first connect fails (when QEMU is not started yet). - * The connection is broken (when QEMU restarts). + * The first connect fails (for example when QEMU is not started yet). + * The connection is broken (for example when QEMU restarts). It can be turned off by setting the ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NO_RECONNECT`` flag. @@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ New Features Now AESNI MB PMD supports 128/192/256-bit counter mode AES encryption and decryption. -* **Added support for AES counter mode with Intel QuickAssist devices.** +* **Added AES counter mode support for Intel QuickAssist devices.** Enabled support for the AES CTR algorithm for Intel QuickAssist devices. Provided support for algorithm-chaining operations. @@ -183,7 +187,7 @@ New Features * **Added keepalive enhancements.** - Added support for reporting of core states other than dead to + Added support for reporting of core states other than "dead" to monitoring applications, enabling the support of broader liveness reporting to external processes.