[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 20/21] doc: add external memory feature to the release notes

Anatoly Burakov anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Tue Oct 2 15:34:58 CEST 2018


Document the addition of external memory support to DPDK.

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
---
 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:
-- 
2.17.1


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