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doc: add increased default ring size to release notes

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Added note on the increased ring size in testpmd and the sample
applications to the release note.

Fixes: bd8f10f6d6 ("app/testpmd: increase default ring sizes to 1024")
Fixes: 867a6c66ec ("examples: increase default ring sizes to 1024")

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
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John McNamara 2018-02-08 12:47:58 +00:00 committed by Thomas Monjalon
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@ -216,6 +216,13 @@ New Features
* ``rte_mp_request`` is for sending a request message and will block until
it gets a reply message which is sent from the peer by ``rte_mp_reply``.
* **Increased default Rx and Tx ring size in sample applications.**
Increased the default ``RX_RING_SIZE`` and ``TX_RING_SIZE`` to 1024 entries
in testpmd and the sample applications to give better performance in the
general case. The user should experiment with various Rx and Tx ring sizes
for their specific application to get best performance.
* **Added new DPDK build system using the tools "meson" and "ninja" [EXPERIMENTAL]**
Added in support for building DPDK using ``meson`` and ``ninja``, which gives