[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: notify x86 SSE4.2 requirement in release notes

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Aug 3 15:46:11 CEST 2017


Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
index c3554761c..d5a708a09 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **Bumped minimal x86 ISA to SSE4.2.**
+
+  Starting with version 17.08, DPDK requires SSE4.2 to run on x86.
+
 * **Added Service Core functionality.**
 
   The service core functionality added to EAL allows DPDK to run services such
-- 
2.13.2



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