Significant enough to add some documentation. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> Acked-by: Chengwen Feng <fengcheng...@huawei.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst index acc512c70a..5c8a0af1d0 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst @@ -276,6 +276,32 @@ 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 related changes + + * The meaning of the *--syslog* option has changed. + Use of syslog is controlled by the *--syslog* option. + The default is now *auto* which uses syslog only if stderr + is not a terminal device. + + * The syslog facility is now set to **LOG_USER** if stderr is a terminal + and **LOG_DAEMON** otherwise. + + * Syslog 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 optionally marked with colors. + + ABI Changes ----------- -- 2.45.2
