[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 5/5] doc: update release notes for empty poll library

Liang Ma liang.j.ma at intel.com
Fri Oct 19 13:07:22 CEST 2018


Update the release nots for Traffic Pattern Aware Control
Library(empty poll).

Signed-off-by: Liang Ma <liang.j.ma at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index a8327ea..5efc74e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ New Features
   the SW eventdev PMD, sacrifices load balancing performance to
   gain better event scheduling throughput and scalability.
 
+* **Added Traffic Pattern Aware Power Control Library**
+
+  Added an experimental library. This extend Power Library and provide
+  empty_poll APIs. This feature measure how many times empty_poll are
+  executed per core, use the number of empty polls as a hint for system
+  power management.
+
+  See the :doc:`../prog_guide/power_man` section of the DPDK Programmers
+  Guide document for more information.
+
 * **Added ability to switch queue deferred start flag on testpmd app.**
 
   Added a console command to testpmd app, giving ability to switch
@@ -104,7 +114,6 @@ New Features
   the specified port. The port must be stopped before the command call in order
   to reconfigure queues.
 
-
 API Changes
 -----------
 
@@ -118,6 +127,16 @@ API Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =========================================================
 
+* power: Traffic Pattern Aware Control APIs (marked as experimental):
+
+  - ``rte_power_empty_poll_stat_init``
+  - ``rte_power_empty_poll_stat_free``
+  - ``rte_power_empty_poll_stat_update``
+  - ``rte_power_empty_poll_stat_fetch``
+  - ``rte_power_poll_stat_update``
+  - ``rte_power_poll_stat_fetch``
+  - ``rte_empty_poll_detection``
+
 * mbuf: The ``__rte_mbuf_raw_free()`` and ``__rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg()``
   functions were deprecated since 17.05 and are replaced by
   ``rte_mbuf_raw_free()`` and ``rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg()``.
-- 
2.7.5



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