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doc: improve wording of new features in 16.07

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Improve the wording of some text in the "new features" section of
the release notes.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
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John McNamara 2016-07-27 14:26:55 +01:00 committed by Thomas Monjalon
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@ -34,32 +34,36 @@ New Features
Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
* **Removed mempool cache if not needed.**
* **Removed the mempool cache memory if caching is not being used.**
The size of the mempool structure is reduced if the per-lcore cache is disabled.
* **Added mempool external cache for non-EAL thread.**
Added new functions to create, free or flush a user-owned mempool
cache for non-EAL threads. Previously the cache was always disabled
cache for non-EAL threads. Previously the caching was always disabled
on these threads.
* **Changed the memory allocation in mempool library.**
* **Changed the memory allocation scheme in the mempool library.**
* Added ability to allocate a large mempool in virtually fragmented memory.
* Added the ability to allocate a large mempool in fragmented virtual memory.
* Added new APIs to populate a mempool with memory.
* Added an API to free a mempool.
* Modified the API of the ``rte_mempool_obj_iter()`` function.
* Dropped specific Xen Dom0 code.
* Dropped specific anonymous mempool code in testpmd.
* Dropped the specific Xen Dom0 code.
* Dropped the specific anonymous mempool code in testpmd.
* **Added new driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices.**
* **Added a new driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices.**
Added the new bnxt driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices. See the
"Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this
new driver.
* **Added new driver for ThunderX nicvf device.**
* **Added a new driver for ThunderX nicvf devices.**
Added the new thunderx net driver for ThunderX nicvf devices. See the
"Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this new
driver.
* **Added mailbox interrupt support for ixgbe and igb VFs.**
@ -138,8 +142,8 @@ New Features
DPDK vhost-user will also try to reconnect by default when:
* The first connect fails (when QEMU is not started yet).
* The connection is broken (when QEMU restarts).
* The first connect fails (for example when QEMU is not started yet).
* The connection is broken (for example when QEMU restarts).
It can be turned off by setting the ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NO_RECONNECT`` flag.
@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ New Features
Now AESNI MB PMD supports 128/192/256-bit counter mode AES encryption and
decryption.
* **Added support for AES counter mode with Intel QuickAssist devices.**
* **Added AES counter mode support for Intel QuickAssist devices.**
Enabled support for the AES CTR algorithm for Intel QuickAssist devices.
Provided support for algorithm-chaining operations.
@ -183,7 +187,7 @@ New Features
* **Added keepalive enhancements.**
Added support for reporting of core states other than dead to
Added support for reporting of core states other than "dead" to
monitoring applications, enabling the support of broader liveness
reporting to external processes.