[PATCH v23 15/15] doc: add release note about log library

[fengchengwen]

Acked-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>

On 2024/9/18 12:56, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Significant enough to add some documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst
> index 0ff70d9057..8878ed33aa 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst
> @@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ New Features
>       Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
>       =======================================================
>  
> +* **Enhancements to logging library.**
> +
> +  * The log is initialized earlier in startup so all messages go through the library.
> +
> +  * An option is added to timestamp log messages, which is useful for debugging delays in
> +    application and driver startup.
> +
> +  * Log messages are now in color if going to a terminal (similar to dmesg).
> +    The default format shows timestamp in green, subsystem in yellow,
> +    and the message is bold, boldface or normal depending on severity.
> +
> +  * 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.
> +
> +  * On FreeBSD the log library can syslog the same as Linux.
>  
>  Removed Items
>  -------------