[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add EAL bus support in release notes

[Jerin Jacob]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 04:59:48PM +0530, Shreyansh Jain wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain at nxp.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
> index ec9143c..b5bf0a9 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
> @@ -237,6 +237,16 @@ Resolved Issues
>  EAL
>  ~~~
>  
> +* **Added support for representing buses in EAL**
> +
> +  A new structure ``rte_bus`` is introduced in EAL. This allows for devices to
> +  be represented by buses they are connected to. A new bus can be added to
> +  DPDK by extending the ``rte_bus`` structure and implementing the scan and
> +  probe functions. Once a new bus is registered using provided APIs, new
> +  devices can be detected and initialized using bus scan and probe callbacks.
> +
> +  With this change, devices other than PCI or VDEV type can also be represented
> +  in DPDK framework.
>  
>  Drivers
>  ~~~~~~~

Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com>