Re: [PATCH v12 5/5] doc: update release notes for empty poll library

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

Hi,

This patch, like other doc patches should be merged with related code patches.


19/10/2018 13:07, Liang Ma:
> Update the release nots for Traffic Pattern Aware Control
> Library(empty poll).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liang Ma <liang.j.ma@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
> index a8327ea..5efc74e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
> @@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ New Features
>    the SW eventdev PMD, sacrifices load balancing performance to
>    gain better event scheduling throughput and scalability.
>  
> +* **Added Traffic Pattern Aware Power Control Library**
> +
> +  Added an experimental library. This extend Power Library and provide
> +  empty_poll APIs. This feature measure how many times empty_poll are
> +  executed per core, use the number of empty polls as a hint for system
> +  power management.
> +
> +  See the :doc:`../prog_guide/power_man` section of the DPDK Programmers
> +  Guide document for more information.
> +
>  * **Added ability to switch queue deferred start flag on testpmd app.**
>  
>    Added a console command to testpmd app, giving ability to switch
> @@ -104,7 +114,6 @@ New Features
>    the specified port. The port must be stopped before the command call in order
>    to reconfigure queues.
>  
> -
>  API Changes
>  -----------
>  
> @@ -118,6 +127,16 @@ API Changes
>     Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
>     =========================================================
>  
> +* power: Traffic Pattern Aware Control APIs (marked as experimental):
> +
> +  - ``rte_power_empty_poll_stat_init``
> +  - ``rte_power_empty_poll_stat_free``
> +  - ``rte_power_empty_poll_stat_update``
> +  - ``rte_power_empty_poll_stat_fetch``
> +  - ``rte_power_poll_stat_update``
> +  - ``rte_power_poll_stat_fetch``
> +  - ``rte_empty_poll_detection``

New API does not need to be listed here.