[v1,2/3] doc: add release note for power changes
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In the Power Library, a new bit has been added to the mask returned by
rte_power_get_capabilities which indicates whether the core is an
Intel SST-BF high frequency core.
The Distributor sample app has also been enhanced to make use of SST-BF
cores, and pin relevant workloads to the higher frequency cores, if
available in the core mask provided to the application.
Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
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doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_05.rst | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of David Hunt
> Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 12:18 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Hunt, David <david.hunt@intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 2/3] doc: add release note for power changes
>
> In the Power Library, a new bit has been added to the mask returned by
> rte_power_get_capabilities which indicates whether the core is an Intel
> SST-BF high frequency core.
>
> The Distributor sample app has also been enhanced to make use of SST-BF
> cores, and pin relevant workloads to the higher frequency cores, if
> available in the core mask provided to the application.
>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
02/05/2019 17:55, Mcnamara, John:
> From: David Hunt
> > In the Power Library, a new bit has been added to the mask returned by
> > rte_power_get_capabilities which indicates whether the core is an Intel
> > SST-BF high frequency core.
> >
> > The Distributor sample app has also been enhanced to make use of SST-BF
> > cores, and pin relevant workloads to the higher frequency cores, if
> > available in the core mask provided to the application.
>
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Applied. Please try to update the release notes at the same time
as the code. Thanks
@@ -187,6 +187,17 @@ New Features
Improved testpmd application performance on ARM platform. For ``macswap``
forwarding mode, NEON intrinsics were used to do swap to save CPU cycles.
+* **Updated power management library.**
+
+ Added support for Intel Speed Select Technology - Base Frequency (SST-BF).
+ ``rte_power_get_capabilities`` now has a bit in it's returned mask
+ indicating it's a high frequency core.
+
+* **Updated distributor sample application.**
+
+ Added support for Intel SST-BF feature so that the distributor core is
+ pinned to a high frequency core if available.
+
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