[PATCH v28 13/13] doc: add release note about log library

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Oct 24 21:02:59 CEST 2024


Significant enough to add some documentation.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
Acked-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst
index fa4822d928..ec4b7ba2a4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst
@@ -349,6 +349,25 @@ API Changes
   and replaced it with a new shared devarg ``llq_policy`` that keeps the same logic.
 
 
+* **Logging library changes**
+
+  * The log is initialized earlier in startup so all messages go through the library.
+
+  * Added a new option to timestamp log messages, which is useful for
+    debugging delays in application and driver startup.
+
+  * Syslog option change. If *--syslog* is specified, then messages
+    will go to syslog; if not specified then messages will only be displayed
+    on stderr. This option is now supported on FreeBSD (but not on Windows).
+
+  * If the application is a systemd service and the log output is being
+    sent of standard error then DPDK will switch to journal native protocol.
+
+  * Log messages can be timestamped with *--log-timestamp* option.
+
+  * Log messages can be colorized with the *--log-color* option.
+
+
 ABI Changes
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-- 
2.45.2



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