Improve the wording of some text in the "new features" section of
the release notes.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst | 50 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
index 1606522..4630fe1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
@@ -34,32 +34,36 @@ New Features
Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
-* **Removed mempool cache if not needed.**
+* **Removed the mempool cache memory if caching is not being used.**
The size of the mempool structure is reduced if the per-lcore cache is
disabled.
* **Added mempool external cache for non-EAL thread.**
Added new functions to create, free or flush a user-owned mempool
- cache for non-EAL threads. Previously, cache was always disabled
+ cache for non-EAL threads. Previously, caching was always disabled
on these threads.
-* **Changed the memory allocation in mempool library.**
+* **Changed the memory allocation scheme in the mempool library.**
- * Added ability to allocate a large mempool in virtually fragmented memory.
+ * Added the ability to allocate a large mempool in fragmented virtual memory.
* Added new APIs to populate a mempool with memory.
* Added an API to free a mempool.
* Modified the API of rte_mempool_obj_iter() function.
- * Dropped specific Xen Dom0 code.
- * Dropped specific anonymous mempool code in testpmd.
+ * Dropped the specific Xen Dom0 code.
+ * Dropped the specific anonymous mempool code in testpmd.
-* **Added new driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices.**
+* **Added a new driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices.**
Added the new bnxt driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices. See the
"Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this
new driver.
-* **Added new driver for ThunderX nicvf device.**
+* **Added a new driver for ThunderX nicvf devices.**
+
+ Added the new thunderx net driver for ThunderX nicvf devices. See the
+ "Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this
+ new driver.
* **Added mailbox interrupt support for ixgbe and igb VFs.**
@@ -84,11 +88,11 @@ New Features
Updated the i40e base driver, which includes support for new devices IDs.
-* **Supported virtio on IBM POWER8.**
+* **Added support for virtio on IBM POWER8.**
The ioports are mapped in memory when using Linux UIO.
-* **Virtio support for containers.**
+* **Added virtio support for containers.**
Add a new virtual device, named virtio_user, to support virtio for
containers.
@@ -103,22 +107,24 @@ New Features
* **Added vhost-user client mode.**
- DPDK vhost-user could be the server as well as the client. It supports
- server mode only before, now it also supports client mode. Client mode
- is enabled when ``RTE_VHOST_USER_CLIENT`` flag is set while calling
+ DPDK vhost-user can now act in client mode as well as in server mode.
+ Previously, it supported server mode only, but client mode support has
+ been added in this release. Client mode is enabled when
+ ``RTE_VHOST_USER_CLIENT`` flag is set while calling
``rte_vhost_driver_register``.
- When DPDK vhost-user restarts from normal or abnormal quit (say crash),
- the client mode would allow DPDK to establish the connect again. Note
- that a brand new QEMU version (v2.7 or above) is needed, otherwise, the
- reconnect won't work.
+ When DPDK vhost-user restarts after a normal or abnormal process termination,
+ i.e. application graceful exit or an application crash,
+ client mode allows DPDK to re-establish existing connections again. Note
+ that QEMU v2.7 or above is needed, in order for the reconnect to work.
DPDK vhost-user will also try to reconnect by default when
- * the first connect fails (when QEMU is not started yet)
- * the connection is broken (when QEMU restarts)
+ * the first connect fails (e.g. when QEMU is not started yet)
+ * the connection is broken (e.g. when QEMU restarts)
- It can be turned off if flag ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NO_RECONNECT`` is set.
+ This reconnection support can be turned off if flag
+ ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NO_RECONNECT`` is set.
* **Added NSH packet recognition in i40e.**
@@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ New Features
Now AESNI MB PMD supports 128/192/256-bit counter mode AES encryption and
decryption.
-* **Added support of AES counter mode for Intel QuickAssist devices.**
+* **Added AES counter mode support for Intel QuickAssist devices.**
Enabled support for the AES CTR algorithm for Intel QuickAssist devices.
Provided support for algorithm-chaining operations.
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ New Features
* **Added keepalive enhancements.**
- Adds support for reporting of core states other than dead to
+ Adds support for reporting of core states other than "dead" to
monitoring applications, enabling the support of broader liveness
reporting to external processes.
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