[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: notify x86 SSE4.2 requirement in release notes

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Thu Aug 3 15:50:22 CEST 2017


On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 03:46:11PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
> index c3554761c..d5a708a09 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
> @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ New Features
>       Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
>       =========================================================
>  
> +* **Bumped minimal x86 ISA to SSE4.2.**
> +
> +  Starting with version 17.08, DPDK requires SSE4.2 to run on x86.
> +

For clarification, I think an additional sentence should also be added
stating: "Previous versions required SSE3."

Otherwise:
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>



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