On 4/18/2017 1:17 PM, Gaetan Rivet wrote:
> This new API allows reacting to a device removal.
> A device removal is the sudden disappearance of a device from its
> bus.
> 
> PMDs implementing support for this notification guarantee that the removal
> of the underlying device does not incur a risk to the application.
> 
> In particular, Rx/Tx bursts and all other functions can still be called
> (albeit likely returning errors) without triggering a crash, irrespective
> of an application handling this event.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: Elad Persiko <ela...@mellanox.com>

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> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini 
> b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
> index b1b9114..cafc6c7 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>  Speed capabilities   =
>  Link status          =
>  Link status event    =
> +Removal event        =
>  Queue status event   =
>  Rx interrupt         =
>  Free Tx mbuf on demand =

This release a few NIC features added, and it is hard to follow them if
you are particularly looking for these features.

So do you think does it make sense to put those new PMD features into
release notes to make it more visible?

Thanks,
ferruh

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