Significant enough to add some documentation. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <m...@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 ------------- -- 2.45.2