From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jerin Jacob Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add EAL bus support in release notes Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:53:30 +0530 Message-ID: <20170214032330.GD3131@localhost.localdomain> References: <1486985388-19622-1-git-send-email-shreyansh.jain@nxp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: dev@dpdk.org, thomas.monjalon@6wind.com To: Shreyansh Jain Return-path: Received: from NAM03-CO1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-co1nam03on0067.outbound.protection.outlook.com [104.47.40.67]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 250062A5E for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 04:23:53 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1486985388-19622-1-git-send-email-shreyansh.jain@nxp.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" On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 04:59:48PM +0530, Shreyansh Jain wrote: > Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst > index ec9143c..b5bf0a9 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst > @@ -237,6 +237,16 @@ Resolved Issues > EAL > ~~~ > > +* **Added support for representing buses in EAL** > + > + A new structure ``rte_bus`` is introduced in EAL. This allows for devices to > + be represented by buses they are connected to. A new bus can be added to > + DPDK by extending the ``rte_bus`` structure and implementing the scan and > + probe functions. Once a new bus is registered using provided APIs, new > + devices can be detected and initialized using bus scan and probe callbacks. > + > + With this change, devices other than PCI or VDEV type can also be represented > + in DPDK framework. > > Drivers > ~~~~~~~ Acked-by: Jerin Jacob