[PATCH v9 20/21] doc: add external memory feature to the release notes
From: Anatoly Burakov <hidden>
Date: 2018-10-02 13:35:21
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Document the addition of external memory support to DPDK. Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <redacted> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index e7674adb9..8fe463d72 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. ========================================================= +* **Added support for using externally allocated memory in DPDK.** + + DPDK has gained support for creating new ``rte_malloc`` heaps referencing + memory that was created outside of DPDK's own page allocator, and using that + memory natively with any other DPDK library or data structure. + * **Add support to offload more flow match and actions for CXGBE PMD** Flow API support has been enhanced for CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload:
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