Change-Id: I21f59c0e540577970c2f3bb8fcd6536fb1ccaefb Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal <[email protected]> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst index e8d74f507..511d51908 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst @@ -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. + API Changes ----------- -- 2.17.0
