On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 04:59:48PM +0530, Shreyansh Jain wrote: > 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 > ~~~~~~~
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com>
