From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Liang Ma Subject: [PATCH v12 5/5] doc: update release notes for empty poll library Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:07:22 +0100 Message-ID: <1539947242-16729-5-git-send-email-liang.j.ma@intel.com> References: <1539944630-21625-1-git-send-email-liang.j.ma@intel.com> <1539947242-16729-1-git-send-email-liang.j.ma@intel.com> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, lei.a.yao@intel.com, ktraynor@redhat.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com, Liang Ma To: david.hunt@intel.com Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D6B1B569 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:07:49 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <1539947242-16729-1-git-send-email-liang.j.ma@intel.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Update the release nots for Traffic Pattern Aware Control Library(empty poll). Signed-off-by: Liang Ma --- 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`` + * mbuf: The ``__rte_mbuf_raw_free()`` and ``__rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg()`` functions were deprecated since 17.05 and are replaced by ``rte_mbuf_raw_free()`` and ``rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg()``. -- 2.7.5