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[dpdk-dev,v4,7/7] doc: update release notes

Message ID 1481629241-19500-8-git-send-email-bernard.iremonger@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Iremonger, Bernard Dec. 13, 2016, 11:40 a.m. UTC 
  Add release note for removing set VF API's from the ethdev,
renaming the API's and moving them to the ixgbe PMD.

Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
index 3b65038..7a40057 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@  New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
-
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
 
@@ -102,6 +101,26 @@  API Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =========================================================
 
+* **Moved five APIs for VF management from the ethdev to the ixgbe PMD.**
+
+  The following five APIs for VF management from the PF have been removed from the ethdev,
+  renamed and added to the ixgbe PMD::
+
+    rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rate_limit
+    rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rx
+    rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rxmode
+    rte_eth_dev_set_vf_tx
+    rte_eth_dev_set_vf_vlan_filter
+
+  The API's have been renamed to the following::
+
+    rte_pmd_ixgbe_set_vf_rate_limit
+    rte_pmd_ixgbe_set_vf_rx
+    rte_pmd_ixgbe_set_vf_rxmode
+    rte_pmd_ixgbe_set_vf_tx
+    rte_pmd_ixgbe_set_vf_vlan_filter
+
+  The declarations for the API’s can be found in ``rte_pmd_ixgbe.h``.
 
 ABI Changes
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@@ -142,7 +161,7 @@  The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_cryptodev.so.2
      librte_distributor.so.1
      librte_eal.so.3
-     librte_ethdev.so.5
+     +librte_ethdev.so.6
      librte_hash.so.2
      librte_ip_frag.so.1
      librte_jobstats.so.1