add information about new ixgbe PMD API.
Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
index ed260c4..3b6851b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.. BSD LICENSE
- Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ The following MACROs are used for these three features:
* ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NOXSUMTCP
+Application Programming Interface
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In DPDK release v16.11 an API for ixgbe specific functions has been added to
the ixgbe PMD.
+The declarations for the API functions are in the header ``rte_pmd_ixgbe.h``.
Sample Application Notes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--
2.10.1
