[dpdk-dev,1/2] doc: add port representor update in release notes
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Change-Id: I21f59c0e540577970c2f3bb8fcd6536fb1ccaefb
Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com>
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doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 10 ++++++++++
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@@ -313,6 +313,16 @@ New Features
on eth devices (right now only via SW RX/TX callbacks).
It also adds dependency on libelf.
+* **Added support for port representors.**
+
+ The DPDK port representors (also known as "VF representors" in the specific
+ context of VFs), which are to DPDK what the Ethernet switch device driver
+ model (**switchdev**) is to Linux, and which can be thought as a software
+ "patch panel" front-end for applications. DPDK port representors are
+ implemented as additional virtual Ethernet device (**ethdev**) instances,
+ spawned on an as needed basis through configuration parameters passed to the
+ driver of the underlying device using devargs.
+
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