[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add meter API change to release notes

[Thomas Monjalon]

05/04/2018 14:03, Dumitrescu, Cristian:
> From: Singh, Jasvinder
> > 
> > Update the release notes with meter api change to support configuration
> > profiles.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jasvinder Singh <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>
> > ---
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
> > @@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ API Changes
> >     Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
> >     =========================================================
> > 
> > +* **Meter API updated to accomodate configuration profiles.**
> > +
> > +  The meter API is changed to support meter configuration profiles. The
> > +  configuration profile represents the set of configuration parameters
> > +  for a given meter object, such as the rates and sizes for the token
> > +  buckets. These configuration parameters were previously the part of
> > meter
> > +  object internal data strcuture. The separation of the configuration
> > +  parameters from meter object data structure results in reducing its
> > +  memory footprint which helps in better cache utilization when large
> > number
> > +  of meter objects are used.
> 
> Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>

Applied with a small formatting change:
	* meter: updated to accommodate configuration profiles.