[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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