[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add release note entry for meson build

[Bruce Richardson]

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
index 00b3224f3..cba8275a4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
@@ -151,6 +151,20 @@ New Features
   renamed the application from SW PMD specific ``eventdev_pipeline_sw_pmd``
   to PMD agnostic ``eventdev_pipeline``.
 
+* **Added new DPDK build system using the tools "meson" and "ninja" [EXPERIMENTAL]**
+
+  Added in support for building DPDK using ``meson`` and ``ninja``, which gives
+  additional features, such as automatic build-time configuration, over the
+  current build system using ``make``. For instructions on how to do a DPDK build
+  using the new system, see the instructions in ``doc/build-sdk-meson.txt``.
+
+.. note::
+
+    This new build system support is incomplete at this point and is added
+    as experimental in this release. The existing build system using ``make``
+    is unaffected by these changes, and can continue to be used for this
+    and subsequent releases until such time as it's deprecation is announced.
+
 
 API Changes
 -----------
-- 
2.14.3