From 8ca2c96faa57c363e943589c0925c608f2fe1892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John McNamara Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:31:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add template release notes for 17.02 Add template release notes for DPDK 17.02 with inline comments and explanations of the various sections. Signed-off-by: John McNamara Acked-by: Remy Horton --- doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst | 1 + doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 222 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 223 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst index 7e51b2c79d..cf8f167465 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Release Notes :numbered: rel_description + release_17_02 release_16_11 release_16_07 release_16_04 diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3b650388aa --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst @@ -0,0 +1,222 @@ +DPDK Release 17.02 +================== + +.. **Read this first.** + + The text below explains how to update the release notes. + + Use proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation in all sections. + + Variable and config names should be quoted as fixed width text: ``LIKE_THIS``. + + Build the docs and view the output file to ensure the changes are correct:: + + make doc-guides-html + + firefox build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.html + + +New Features +------------ + +.. This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format: + + * **Add a title in the past tense with a full stop.** + + Add a short 1-2 sentence description in the past tense. The description + should be enough to allow someone scanning the release notes to understand + the new feature. + + If the feature adds a lot of sub-features you can use a bullet list like this. + + * Added feature foo to do something. + * Enhanced feature bar to do something else. + + Refer to the previous release notes for examples. + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + ========================================================= + + +Resolved Issues +--------------- + +.. This section should contain bug fixes added to the relevant sections. Sample format: + + * **code/section Fixed issue in the past tense with a full stop.** + + Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the resolved issue in the past tense. + The title should contain the code/lib section like a commit message. + Add the entries in alphabetic order in the relevant sections below. + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + ========================================================= + + +EAL +~~~ + + +Drivers +~~~~~~~ + + +Libraries +~~~~~~~~~ + + +Examples +~~~~~~~~ + + +Other +~~~~~ + + +Known Issues +------------ + +.. This section should contain new known issues in this release. Sample format: + + * **Add title in present tense with full stop.** + + Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the known issue in the present + tense. Add information on any known workarounds. + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + ========================================================= + + +API Changes +----------- + +.. This section should contain API changes. Sample format: + + * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change. Use fixed width + quotes for ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense. + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + ========================================================= + + +ABI Changes +----------- + +.. This section should contain ABI changes. Sample format: + + * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the ABI change that was announced in + the previous releases and made in this release. Use fixed width quotes for + ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense. + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + ========================================================= + + + +Shared Library Versions +----------------------- + +.. Update any library version updated in this release and prepend with a ``+`` + sign, like this: + + librte_acl.so.2 + + librte_cfgfile.so.2 + librte_cmdline.so.2 + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + ========================================================= + + +The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version. + +.. code-block:: diff + + librte_acl.so.2 + librte_cfgfile.so.2 + librte_cmdline.so.2 + librte_cryptodev.so.2 + librte_distributor.so.1 + librte_eal.so.3 + librte_ethdev.so.5 + librte_hash.so.2 + librte_ip_frag.so.1 + librte_jobstats.so.1 + librte_kni.so.2 + librte_kvargs.so.1 + librte_lpm.so.2 + librte_mbuf.so.2 + librte_mempool.so.2 + librte_meter.so.1 + librte_net.so.1 + librte_pdump.so.1 + librte_pipeline.so.3 + librte_pmd_bond.so.1 + librte_pmd_ring.so.2 + librte_port.so.3 + librte_power.so.1 + librte_reorder.so.1 + librte_ring.so.1 + librte_sched.so.1 + librte_table.so.2 + librte_timer.so.1 + librte_vhost.so.3 + + +Tested Platforms +---------------- + +.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested with this release. + + The format is: + + #. Platform name. + + * Platform details. + * Platform details. + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + ========================================================= + + +Tested NICs +----------- + +.. This section should contain a list of NICs that were tested with this release. + + The format is: + + #. NIC name. + + * NIC details. + * NIC details. + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + ========================================================= + + +Tested OSes +----------- + +.. This section should contain a list of OSes that were tested with this release. + The format is as follows, in alphabetical order: + + * CentOS 7.0 + * Fedora 23 + * Fedora 24 + * FreeBSD 10.3 + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 + * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12 + * Ubuntu 15.10 + * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS + * Wind River Linux 8 + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + =========================================================