Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.j...@nxp.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst index ec9143c..b5bf0a9 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst @@ -237,6 +237,16 @@ Resolved Issues EAL ~~~ +* **Added support for representing buses in EAL** + + A new structure ``rte_bus`` is introduced in EAL. This allows for devices to + be represented by buses they are connected to. A new bus can be added to + DPDK by extending the ``rte_bus`` structure and implementing the scan and + probe functions. Once a new bus is registered using provided APIs, new + devices can be detected and initialized using bus scan and probe callbacks. + + With this change, devices other than PCI or VDEV type can also be represented + in DPDK framework. Drivers ~~~~~~~ -- 2.7.4
