[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 2/2] doc: update poll mode driver guide

[Bernard Iremonger]

add information about new ixgbe PMD API.

Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
index bf3ea9f..3a400b2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
@@ -356,3 +356,9 @@ Some additions in the metadata scheme are as follows:
 An example where queue numbers are used is as follows: ``tx_q7_bytes`` which
 indicates this statistic applies to queue number 7, and represents the number
 of transmitted bytes on that queue.
+
+Extended ixgbe PMD API
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In DPDK release v16.11 an API for ixgbe specific functions has been added to the ixgbe PMD.
+The declarations for the API functions are in the header ``rte_pmd_ixgbe.h``.
-- 
2.10.1