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PATCH 1/1 doc: add release notes for virtio-PMD

Add release notes for the notification data feature of virtio-PMD.

Signed-off-by Cheng Jiang <[email protected]>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst +8 -0
index 690e7dba7..020beb5d8 100644
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ New Features
   Added a new OCTEON TX2 rawdev PMD for End Point mode of operation.
   See the :doc:`../rawdevs/octeontx2_ep` for more details on this new PMD.
 
+* **Added support for virtio-PMD notification data.**
+
+  Added support for virtio-PMD notification data so that the driver
+  passes extra data (besides identifying the virtqueue) in its device
+  notifications, expanding the notifications to include the avail index and
+  avail wrap counter (When split ring is used, the avail wrap counter is not
+  included in the notification data).
+
 
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Quoted 17 lines · Cheng Jiang

Add release notes for the notification data feature of virtio-PMD.

Signed-off-by Cheng Jiang <[email protected]>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst +1 -0
index 690e7dba7..020beb5d8 100644
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ New Features
   Added a new OCTEON TX2 rawdev PMD for End Point mode of operation.
   See the :doc:`../rawdevs/octeontx2_ep` for more details on this new PMD.
 
+* **Added support for virtio-PMD notification data.**

doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst New Features · line 161

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doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst +7 -0
+
+  Added support for virtio-PMD notification data so that the driver
+  passes extra data (besides identifying the virtqueue) in its device
+  notifications, expanding the notifications to include the avail index and
+  avail wrap counter (When split ring is used, the avail wrap counter is not
+  included in the notification data).
+
 
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Reviewed-by Maxime Coquelin <[email protected]>

Thanks,
Maxime