[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: update mbuf section of programmer's guide for 1.8

2014-12-18 Thread Iremonger, Bernard
> -Original Message- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson > Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 4:18 PM > To: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: update mbuf section of programmer's > guide for 1.8 >

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: update mbuf section of programmer's guide for 1.8

2014-12-02 Thread Bruce Richardson
In Release 1.8, the mbuf structure was significantly reworked to add extra information, leading to the structure being split across two cache lines, and the data pointer being replaced by an offset. The description of the library in the programmer's guide document needs to be updated to take accoun