[PATCH v7 4/5] doc: update with link changes
From: Marc Sune <hidden>
Date: 2016-01-29 00:42:38
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Add new features, ABI changes and resolved issues notice for the refactored link patch. Signed-off-by: Marc Sune <redacted> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
index 99de186..b10c3bb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst@@ -4,10 +4,28 @@ DPDK Release 2.3 New Features ------------ +* **ethdev: define a set of advertised link speeds.** + + Allowing to define a set of advertised speeds for auto-negociation, + explicitely disable link auto-negociation (single speed) and full + auto-negociation. + +* **ethdev: add speed_cap bitmap to recover eth device link speed capabilities + define a set of advertised link speeds.** + + ``struct rte_eth_dev_info`` has now speed_cap bitmap, which allows the + application to recover the supported speeds for that ethernet device. + Resolved Issues --------------- +* **ethdev: Fixed link_speed overflow in rte_eth_link for 100Gbps.** + + 100Gbps in Mbps (100000) exceeds 16 bit max value of ``link_speed`` in + ``rte_eth_link``. + + EAL ~~~
@@ -23,6 +41,9 @@ Libraries Examples ~~~~~~~~ +* New API call, rte_eth_speed_to_bm_flag(), in ethdev to map numerical speeds + to bitmap fields. + Other ~~~~~
@@ -39,6 +60,11 @@ API Changes ABI Changes ----------- +* The ethdev rte_eth_link and rte_eth_conf structures were changed to + support the new link API, as well as ETH_LINK_HALF/FULL_DUPLEX. + +* The ethdev rte_eth_dev_info was changed to support device speed capabilities. + Shared Library Versions -----------------------
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2.1.4