[PATCH v15 7/7] doc: update release notes for mulit-process hotplug
From: Qi Zhang <hidden>
Date: 2018-08-16 03:04:32
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Update release notes for the new multi-process hotplug feature. Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <redacted> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index 3ae6b3f58..f08793c17 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **Support device multi-process hotplug.** + + Hotplug and hot-unplug for devices will now be supported in multiprocessing + scenario. Any ethdev devices created in the primary process will be regarded + as shared and will be available for all DPDK processes. Synchronization between + processes will be done using DPDK IPC. API Changes -----------
@@ -68,6 +74,11 @@ API Changes Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* eal: scope of rte_eal_hotplug_add and rte_eal_hotplug_remove is extended. + + In primary-secondary process model, ``rte_eal_hotplug_add`` will guarantee + that device be attached on all processes, while ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove`` + will guarantee device be detached on all processes. ABI Changes -----------
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2.13.6