[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: update release notes.

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Fri May 11 01:00:54 CEST 2018


On 5/10/2018 7:55 AM, Qi Zhang wrote:
> Add updates for runtime queue setup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> ---
> v3:
> - fix typo.
> 
> v2:
> - fix typo.
> 
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
> index 718734852..589649121 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
> @@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ New Features
>    stats/xstats on shared memory from secondary process, and also pdump packets on
>    those virtual devices.
>  
> -
>  API Changes
>  -----------
>  
> @@ -322,6 +321,12 @@ API Changes
>    * ``rte_flow_create()`` API count action now requires the ``struct rte_flow_action_count``.
>    * ``rte_flow_query()`` API parameter changed from action type to action structure.
>  
> +* ethdev: runtime queue setup:
> +  * ``rte_eth_rx_queue_setup`` and ``rte_eth_tx_queue_setup`` can be called after
> +    ``rte_eth_dev_start`` if device support runtime queue setup. Device driver can
> +    expose this capability through ``rte_eth_dev_info_get``. A Rx or Tx queue be
> +    setup at runtime need to be started explicitly by ``rte_eth_dev_rx_queue_start``
> +    or ``rte_eth_dev_tx_queue_start``.

This has been added into "API Changes", is it intentional? Should it be reported
as new feature or API change?


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