From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrien Mazarguil Subject: [PATCH] doc: update release notes for rte_flow Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 15:00:05 +0100 Message-ID: <1482501605-13741-1-git-send-email-adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> Cc: John McNamara , Thomas Monjalon To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f49.google.com (mail-wm0-f49.google.com [74.125.82.49]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3B923DC for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2016 15:00:30 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f49.google.com with SMTP id t79so213504836wmt.0 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2016 06:00:30 -0800 (PST) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Cc: John McNamara Cc: Thomas Monjalon Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst index 23f335a..b4101d0 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst @@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ New Features ========================================================= +* **Added generic flow API (rte_flow).** + + This API provides a generic means to configure hardware to match specific + ingress or egress traffic, alter its fate and query related counters + according to any number of user-defined rules. + + It is slightly higher-level than the legacy filtering framework which it + encompasses and supersedes (including all functions and filter types) in + order to expose a single interface with an unambiguous behavior that is + common to all poll-mode drivers (PMDs). + + See the :ref:`Generic flow API ` documentation for more + information. + + Resolved Issues --------------- -- 2.1.4