[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: fix release notes for 16.11
Shreyansh Jain
shreyansh.jain at nxp.com
Fri Nov 11 14:21:06 CET 2016
On Friday 11 November 2016 05:34 PM, John McNamara wrote:
[...]
> -* **Improved device/driver hierarchy and generalized hotplugging**
> +* **Improved device/driver hierarchy and generalized hotplugging.**
>
> - Device and driver relationship has been restructured by introducing generic
> - classes. This paves way for having PCI, VDEV and other device types as
> - just instantiated objects rather than classes in themselves. Hotplugging too
> - has been generalized into EAL so that ethernet or crypto devices can use the
> + The device and driver relationship has been restructured by introducing generic
> + classes. This paves the way for having PCI, VDEV and other device types as
> + instantiated objects rather than classes in themselves. Hotplugging has also
> + been generalized into EAL so that Ethernet or crypto devices can use the
> common infrastructure.
>
> - * removed ``pmd_type`` as way of segregation of devices
> - * moved ``numa_node`` and ``devargs`` into ``rte_driver`` from
> + * Removed ``pmd_type`` as a way of segregation of devices.
> + * Moved ``numa_node`` and ``devargs`` into ``rte_driver`` from
> ``rte_pci_driver``. These can now be used by any instantiated object of
> ``rte_driver``.
> - * added ``rte_device`` class and all PCI and VDEV devices inherit from it
> - * renamed devinit/devuninit handlers to probe/remove to make it more
> - semantically correct with respect to device<=>driver relationship
> - * moved hotplugging support to EAL. Hereafter, PCI and vdev can use the
> + * Added ``rte_device`` class and all PCI and VDEV devices inherit from it
> + * Renamed devinit/devuninit handlers to probe/remove to make it more
> + semantically correct with respect to the device <=> driver relationship.
> + * Moved hotplugging support to EAL. Hereafter, PCI and vdev can use the
> APIs ``rte_eal_dev_attach`` and ``rte_eal_dev_detach``.
> - * helpers and support macros have been renamed to make them more synonymous
> + * Renamed helpers and support macros to make them more synonymous
> with their device types
> - (e.g. ``PMD_REGISTER_DRIVER`` => ``RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI``)
> + (e.g. ``PMD_REGISTER_DRIVER`` => ``RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI``).
> * Device naming functions have been generalized from ethdev and cryptodev
> to EAL. ``rte_eal_pci_device_name`` has been introduced for obtaining
> unique device name from PCI Domain-BDF description.
If it is possible to have a Reviewed-by for a particular part of a patch:
Reviewed-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain at nxp.com>
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