changelog: update for v1.10.1.0

Signed-off-by: Bill Fischofer <bill.fischofer@linaro.org>
---
 CHANGELOG | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 165 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>

On Mon there will be holiday and I'm not sure if I will have time to tag 
release.
But current logs looks good for me.

Maxim.


On 06/11/16 15:44, Bill Fischofer wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Bill Fischofer <bill.fischofer@linaro.org>
> ---
>   CHANGELOG | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 165 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
> index d9c66ed..d8230cd 100644
> --- a/CHANGELOG
> +++ b/CHANGELOG
> @@ -1,3 +1,168 @@
> +== OpenDataPlane (1.10.1.0)
> +
> +=== New Features
> +
> +==== APIs
> +ODP v1.10.1.0 is a maintenance release and as such introduces no new APIs or
> +other changes that might result in application source incompatibility with
> +v1.10.0.0.
> +
> +==== Modular Scheduler
> +The ODP scheduler included as part of the `odp-linux` reference implementation
> +has been modularized to support a "pluggable" architecture that will permit
> +the easy introduction of alternate scheduler implementations that permit
> +both easy experimentation as well as alternate scheduling models that are
> +tuned to specific application workloads (_i.e.,_ a strict priority scheduler
> +for latency-sensitive workloads). Included in this release is the just the
> +foundation and alternate schedulers are expected to be added in future ODP
> +releases.
> +
> +=== Packaging
> +
> +==== Rename of `linux-generic` to `odp-linux`
> +While the platform name within the ODP git repository remains
> +`linux-generic`, the package name of this reference implementation has been
> +changed to `odp-linux` to better reflect that this is an implementation of
> +ODP that is dependent only on the Linux kernel and is intended to be runnable
> +on any Linux distribution. All ODP documentation has been changed to reflect
> +this name change.
> +
> +=== Helpers
> +
> +==== Introduction of "agnostic" threading support
> +The current helper APIs for linux pthreads (`odph_linux_pthread_create()`, etc.)
> +and processes (`odph_linux_process_fork()`, etc.) have been augmented with a
> +new "agnostic" set of helper routines for general ODP thread management.
> +
> +`odph_odpthreads_create()` and `odph_odpthreads_join()` are now the preferred
> +helpers to use for creating and joining threads that may be implemented as
> +_either_ pthreads or Linux processes. Although currently ODP threads in
> +Monarch are assumed to share the same (single) address space, this change is
> +to permit evolution towards multi-address space (_i.e.,_ process oriented)
> +threading models without requiring application and/or validation test changes.
> +
> +The various ODP examples and validation tests that make use of threading have
> +all been changed to new these new helper APIs.
> +
> +==== Thread affinity APIs
> +As part of the new "agnostic" threading support, two additional helper APIs
> +(`odph_odpthread_getaffinity()` and `odph_odpthread_setaffinity()`) have been
> +added to permit easy management of thread affinity.
> +
> +The CUnit framework used by the ODP validation suite has been changed to set
> +the affinity of the initial thread to the first available control CPU. This
> +avoids inconsistencies in a number of timing tests.
> +
> +=== Bug Fixes
> +As a maintenance release, numerous bugs have been fixed in the `odp-linux`
> +reference implementation in areas such as platform support (particularly on
> +32-bit systems), compiler support (clang), C++ compatibility, and other
> +cleanup items. Highlights include:
> +
> +==== 32-bit platform support
> +The `configure` utility now correctly identifies and sets variables needed for
> +proper compilation on 32-bit x86 systems. In addition the Traffic Manager
> +now executes properly on 32-bit systems.
> +
> +==== Timer improvements
> +The `odp_timer_t` abstract type is now strongly typed for consistency with
> +other ODP types, and the `odp_timer_to_u64()` and `odp_timer_pool_to_u64()`
> +APIs are now properly implemented. In addition, an issue with compiling the
> +timer routines on 32-bit systems using clang was resolved.
> +
> +==== Scheduler fairness
> +The default scheduler has been improved to avoid starvation and increase
> +fairness when running with a limited number of threads or CPUs.
> +
> +==== 128-bit atomics
> +The `-mcx16` compiler option is now properly identified and used to support
> +128-bit atomics on systems that support these operations. This leads to
> +increased efficiency in the implementation of both timers as well as other
> +atomic operations.
> +
> +==== Use of hugepages
> +In systems that support multiple hugepage sizes, the default hugepage size is
> +now reported properly by the `odp_sys_huge_page_size()` API.
> +
> +==== Coverity and Valgrind issue cleanup
> +Numerous issues identified by the Coverity scan tool have been cleaned up
> +and resolved, leading to improved robustness in the `odp-linux` reference
> +implementation. In addition, several memory leaks identified by the valgrind
> +tool have been fixed.
> +
> +==== Validation test resource checks
> +The Traffic Manager validation test has certain sub-tests that require a
> +minimum of 2 CPUs to operate properly. These tests are now skipped with a
> +warning when run on uniprocessor systems.
> +
> +=== Performance
> +Performance enhancements in the `odp-linux` reference implementation have been
> +made in packet processing, classification, and pktio, leading to increased
> +observed throughput and packet handling rates.
> +
> +=== Examples
> +A new `l2fwd_simple` example has been added that does simple Layer 2 forwarding.
> +
> +=== Documentation
> +==== Switch from AsciiDoc to AsciiDoctor
> +To get better formatting capabilities and future extensibility the ODP user
> +documentation system has been switched from http://asciidoc.org[AsciiDoc] to
> +http://asciidoctor.org[AsciiDoctor]. There are a handful of notable changes as
> +a result of this. Those submitting documentation patches should be aware of
> +the following:
> +
> +* `monospace font` is now indicated by demarking the text with backticks (`)
> +rather than plus signs (+).
> +
> +* Callouts are now indicated by C++-style double slash comments (// <1>)
> +instead of C-style comments (/* <1> */). So, for example writing
> +-----------------------------------------------
> +[source,c]
> +----
> +...some great code deserving a callout // \<1>
> +----
> +<1> This is an example of a callout
> +-----------------------------------------------
> +yields:
> +----
> +...some great code deserving a callout // <1>
> +----
> +<1> This is an example of a callout
> +
> +Note that this change only affects user documentation. Code documentation
> +still uses http://doxygen.org[Doxygen].
> +
> +==== Image Cleanup
> +The images in the user guide have been trimmed to fit the page better. In
> +addition, many new images have been added to better illustrate ODP API usage.
> +
> +==== Additional User Documentation for Monarch APIs
> +The *ODP User's Guide* has been updated to include new sections documenting
> +the use of the full Monarch packet APIs as well as the Timer APIs. In
> +addition, the crypto, classification, and traffic manager API documentation
> +has been improved to cover all of the latest Monarch features, and an
> +introductory section on overall ODP packet flow architecture has been added.
> +
> +==== Helper Documentation
> +The ODP Helper library now has its own document that describes these additional
> +functions of use to ODP applications and validation tests.
> +
> +==== Other documentation
> +The Process Guide, FAQ, CONTRIBUTING, and CHANGELOG files have been reworked
> +for the new AsciiDoctor structure, leading to a more uniform method of
> +presenting ODP support documentation. In addition, an option for generating
> +both a "pure" ODP API document that defines the APIs in their
> +implementation-independent forms as well as their implementation-dependent
> +forms for the `odp-linux` reference implementation is now available.
> +
> +=== Known Issues
> +==== https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2301[Bug 2301]
> +The scheduler does not remove PKTIN queues following `odp_pktio_close()`
> +
> +==== https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2309[Bug 2309]
> +The timer validation tests have seen occasional failures when run on systems
> +containing a larger number of CPUs (typically 24 or more).
> +
>   == OpenDataPlane (1.10.0.0)
>   
>   === New Features

OK, thanks, Maxim. Let's plan on Tuesday then. If you want to merge
anything else before that let me know and I'll post a v2 to note the
changes if they're meaningful.

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
wrote:

>
> Reviewed-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
>
> On Mon there will be holiday and I'm not sure if I will have time to tag
> release.
> But current logs looks good for me.
>
> Maxim.
>
>
>
> On 06/11/16 15:44, Bill Fischofer wrote:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Bill Fischofer <bill.fischofer@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   CHANGELOG | 165
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 165 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
>> index d9c66ed..d8230cd 100644
>> --- a/CHANGELOG
>> +++ b/CHANGELOG
>> @@ -1,3 +1,168 @@
>> +== OpenDataPlane (1.10.1.0)
>> +
>> +=== New Features
>> +
>> +==== APIs
>> +ODP v1.10.1.0 is a maintenance release and as such introduces no new
>> APIs or
>> +other changes that might result in application source incompatibility
>> with
>> +v1.10.0.0.
>> +
>> +==== Modular Scheduler
>> +The ODP scheduler included as part of the `odp-linux` reference
>> implementation
>> +has been modularized to support a "pluggable" architecture that will
>> permit
>> +the easy introduction of alternate scheduler implementations that permit
>> +both easy experimentation as well as alternate scheduling models that are
>> +tuned to specific application workloads (_i.e.,_ a strict priority
>> scheduler
>> +for latency-sensitive workloads). Included in this release is the just
>> the
>> +foundation and alternate schedulers are expected to be added in future
>> ODP
>> +releases.
>> +
>> +=== Packaging
>> +
>> +==== Rename of `linux-generic` to `odp-linux`
>> +While the platform name within the ODP git repository remains
>> +`linux-generic`, the package name of this reference implementation has
>> been
>> +changed to `odp-linux` to better reflect that this is an implementation
>> of
>> +ODP that is dependent only on the Linux kernel and is intended to be
>> runnable
>> +on any Linux distribution. All ODP documentation has been changed to
>> reflect
>> +this name change.
>> +
>> +=== Helpers
>> +
>> +==== Introduction of "agnostic" threading support
>> +The current helper APIs for linux pthreads
>> (`odph_linux_pthread_create()`, etc.)
>> +and processes (`odph_linux_process_fork()`, etc.) have been augmented
>> with a
>> +new "agnostic" set of helper routines for general ODP thread management.
>> +
>> +`odph_odpthreads_create()` and `odph_odpthreads_join()` are now the
>> preferred
>> +helpers to use for creating and joining threads that may be implemented
>> as
>> +_either_ pthreads or Linux processes. Although currently ODP threads in
>> +Monarch are assumed to share the same (single) address space, this
>> change is
>> +to permit evolution towards multi-address space (_i.e.,_ process
>> oriented)
>> +threading models without requiring application and/or validation test
>> changes.
>> +
>> +The various ODP examples and validation tests that make use of threading
>> have
>> +all been changed to new these new helper APIs.
>> +
>> +==== Thread affinity APIs
>> +As part of the new "agnostic" threading support, two additional helper
>> APIs
>> +(`odph_odpthread_getaffinity()` and `odph_odpthread_setaffinity()`) have
>> been
>> +added to permit easy management of thread affinity.
>> +
>> +The CUnit framework used by the ODP validation suite has been changed to
>> set
>> +the affinity of the initial thread to the first available control CPU.
>> This
>> +avoids inconsistencies in a number of timing tests.
>> +
>> +=== Bug Fixes
>> +As a maintenance release, numerous bugs have been fixed in the
>> `odp-linux`
>> +reference implementation in areas such as platform support (particularly
>> on
>> +32-bit systems), compiler support (clang), C++ compatibility, and other
>> +cleanup items. Highlights include:
>> +
>> +==== 32-bit platform support
>> +The `configure` utility now correctly identifies and sets variables
>> needed for
>> +proper compilation on 32-bit x86 systems. In addition the Traffic Manager
>> +now executes properly on 32-bit systems.
>> +
>> +==== Timer improvements
>> +The `odp_timer_t` abstract type is now strongly typed for consistency
>> with
>> +other ODP types, and the `odp_timer_to_u64()` and
>> `odp_timer_pool_to_u64()`
>> +APIs are now properly implemented. In addition, an issue with compiling
>> the
>> +timer routines on 32-bit systems using clang was resolved.
>> +
>> +==== Scheduler fairness
>> +The default scheduler has been improved to avoid starvation and increase
>> +fairness when running with a limited number of threads or CPUs.
>> +
>> +==== 128-bit atomics
>> +The `-mcx16` compiler option is now properly identified and used to
>> support
>> +128-bit atomics on systems that support these operations. This leads to
>> +increased efficiency in the implementation of both timers as well as
>> other
>> +atomic operations.
>> +
>> +==== Use of hugepages
>> +In systems that support multiple hugepage sizes, the default hugepage
>> size is
>> +now reported properly by the `odp_sys_huge_page_size()` API.
>> +
>> +==== Coverity and Valgrind issue cleanup
>> +Numerous issues identified by the Coverity scan tool have been cleaned up
>> +and resolved, leading to improved robustness in the `odp-linux` reference
>> +implementation. In addition, several memory leaks identified by the
>> valgrind
>> +tool have been fixed.
>> +
>> +==== Validation test resource checks
>> +The Traffic Manager validation test has certain sub-tests that require a
>> +minimum of 2 CPUs to operate properly. These tests are now skipped with a
>> +warning when run on uniprocessor systems.
>> +
>> +=== Performance
>> +Performance enhancements in the `odp-linux` reference implementation
>> have been
>> +made in packet processing, classification, and pktio, leading to
>> increased
>> +observed throughput and packet handling rates.
>> +
>> +=== Examples
>> +A new `l2fwd_simple` example has been added that does simple Layer 2
>> forwarding.
>> +
>> +=== Documentation
>> +==== Switch from AsciiDoc to AsciiDoctor
>> +To get better formatting capabilities and future extensibility the ODP
>> user
>> +documentation system has been switched from http://asciidoc.org[AsciiDoc]
>> to
>> +http://asciidoctor.org[AsciiDoctor]. There are a handful of notable
>> changes as
>> +a result of this. Those submitting documentation patches should be aware
>> of
>> +the following:
>> +
>> +* `monospace font` is now indicated by demarking the text with backticks
>> (`)
>> +rather than plus signs (+).
>> +
>> +* Callouts are now indicated by C++-style double slash comments (// <1>)
>> +instead of C-style comments (/* <1> */). So, for example writing
>> +-----------------------------------------------
>> +[source,c]
>> +----
>> +...some great code deserving a callout // \<1>
>> +----
>> +<1> This is an example of a callout
>> +-----------------------------------------------
>> +yields:
>> +----
>> +...some great code deserving a callout // <1>
>> +----
>> +<1> This is an example of a callout
>> +
>> +Note that this change only affects user documentation. Code documentation
>> +still uses http://doxygen.org[Doxygen].
>> +
>> +==== Image Cleanup
>> +The images in the user guide have been trimmed to fit the page better. In
>> +addition, many new images have been added to better illustrate ODP API
>> usage.
>> +
>> +==== Additional User Documentation for Monarch APIs
>> +The *ODP User's Guide* has been updated to include new sections
>> documenting
>> +the use of the full Monarch packet APIs as well as the Timer APIs. In
>> +addition, the crypto, classification, and traffic manager API
>> documentation
>> +has been improved to cover all of the latest Monarch features, and an
>> +introductory section on overall ODP packet flow architecture has been
>> added.
>> +
>> +==== Helper Documentation
>> +The ODP Helper library now has its own document that describes these
>> additional
>> +functions of use to ODP applications and validation tests.
>> +
>> +==== Other documentation
>> +The Process Guide, FAQ, CONTRIBUTING, and CHANGELOG files have been
>> reworked
>> +for the new AsciiDoctor structure, leading to a more uniform method of
>> +presenting ODP support documentation. In addition, an option for
>> generating
>> +both a "pure" ODP API document that defines the APIs in their
>> +implementation-independent forms as well as their
>> implementation-dependent
>> +forms for the `odp-linux` reference implementation is now available.
>> +
>> +=== Known Issues
>> +==== https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2301[Bug 2301]
>> +The scheduler does not remove PKTIN queues following `odp_pktio_close()`
>> +
>> +==== https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2309[Bug 2309]
>> +The timer validation tests have seen occasional failures when run on
>> systems
>> +containing a larger number of CPUs (typically 24 or more).
>> +
>>   == OpenDataPlane (1.10.0.0)
>>     === New Features
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> lng-odp mailing list
> lng-odp@lists.linaro.org
> https://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/lng-odp
>

Merged,
Maxim.

On 06/12/16 21:53, Bill Fischofer wrote:
> OK, thanks, Maxim. Let's plan on Tuesday then. If you want to merge 
> anything else before that let me know and I'll post a v2 to note the 
> changes if they're meaningful.
>
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org 
> <mailto:maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>> wrote:
>
>
>     Reviewed-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org
>     <mailto:maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>>
>
>     On Mon there will be holiday and I'm not sure if I will have time
>     to tag release.
>     But current logs looks good for me.
>
>     Maxim.
>
>
>
>     On 06/11/16 15:44, Bill Fischofer wrote:
>
>         Signed-off-by: Bill Fischofer <bill.fischofer@linaro.org
>         <mailto:bill.fischofer@linaro.org>>
>         ---
>           CHANGELOG | 165
>         ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>           1 file changed, 165 insertions(+)
>
>         diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
>         index d9c66ed..d8230cd 100644
>         --- a/CHANGELOG
>         +++ b/CHANGELOG
>         @@ -1,3 +1,168 @@
>         +== OpenDataPlane (1.10.1.0)
>         +
>         +=== New Features
>         +
>         +==== APIs
>         +ODP v1.10.1.0 is a maintenance release and as such introduces
>         no new APIs or
>         +other changes that might result in application source
>         incompatibility with
>         +v1.10.0.0.
>         +
>         +==== Modular Scheduler
>         +The ODP scheduler included as part of the `odp-linux`
>         reference implementation
>         +has been modularized to support a "pluggable" architecture
>         that will permit
>         +the easy introduction of alternate scheduler implementations
>         that permit
>         +both easy experimentation as well as alternate scheduling
>         models that are
>         +tuned to specific application workloads (_i.e.,_ a strict
>         priority scheduler
>         +for latency-sensitive workloads). Included in this release is
>         the just the
>         +foundation and alternate schedulers are expected to be added
>         in future ODP
>         +releases.
>         +
>         +=== Packaging
>         +
>         +==== Rename of `linux-generic` to `odp-linux`
>         +While the platform name within the ODP git repository remains
>         +`linux-generic`, the package name of this reference
>         implementation has been
>         +changed to `odp-linux` to better reflect that this is an
>         implementation of
>         +ODP that is dependent only on the Linux kernel and is
>         intended to be runnable
>         +on any Linux distribution. All ODP documentation has been
>         changed to reflect
>         +this name change.
>         +
>         +=== Helpers
>         +
>         +==== Introduction of "agnostic" threading support
>         +The current helper APIs for linux pthreads
>         (`odph_linux_pthread_create()`, etc.)
>         +and processes (`odph_linux_process_fork()`, etc.) have been
>         augmented with a
>         +new "agnostic" set of helper routines for general ODP thread
>         management.
>         +
>         +`odph_odpthreads_create()` and `odph_odpthreads_join()` are
>         now the preferred
>         +helpers to use for creating and joining threads that may be
>         implemented as
>         +_either_ pthreads or Linux processes. Although currently ODP
>         threads in
>         +Monarch are assumed to share the same (single) address space,
>         this change is
>         +to permit evolution towards multi-address space (_i.e.,_
>         process oriented)
>         +threading models without requiring application and/or
>         validation test changes.
>         +
>         +The various ODP examples and validation tests that make use
>         of threading have
>         +all been changed to new these new helper APIs.
>         +
>         +==== Thread affinity APIs
>         +As part of the new "agnostic" threading support, two
>         additional helper APIs
>         +(`odph_odpthread_getaffinity()` and
>         `odph_odpthread_setaffinity()`) have been
>         +added to permit easy management of thread affinity.
>         +
>         +The CUnit framework used by the ODP validation suite has been
>         changed to set
>         +the affinity of the initial thread to the first available
>         control CPU. This
>         +avoids inconsistencies in a number of timing tests.
>         +
>         +=== Bug Fixes
>         +As a maintenance release, numerous bugs have been fixed in
>         the `odp-linux`
>         +reference implementation in areas such as platform support
>         (particularly on
>         +32-bit systems), compiler support (clang), C++ compatibility,
>         and other
>         +cleanup items. Highlights include:
>         +
>         +==== 32-bit platform support
>         +The `configure` utility now correctly identifies and sets
>         variables needed for
>         +proper compilation on 32-bit x86 systems. In addition the
>         Traffic Manager
>         +now executes properly on 32-bit systems.
>         +
>         +==== Timer improvements
>         +The `odp_timer_t` abstract type is now strongly typed for
>         consistency with
>         +other ODP types, and the `odp_timer_to_u64()` and
>         `odp_timer_pool_to_u64()`
>         +APIs are now properly implemented. In addition, an issue with
>         compiling the
>         +timer routines on 32-bit systems using clang was resolved.
>         +
>         +==== Scheduler fairness
>         +The default scheduler has been improved to avoid starvation
>         and increase
>         +fairness when running with a limited number of threads or CPUs.
>         +
>         +==== 128-bit atomics
>         +The `-mcx16` compiler option is now properly identified and
>         used to support
>         +128-bit atomics on systems that support these operations.
>         This leads to
>         +increased efficiency in the implementation of both timers as
>         well as other
>         +atomic operations.
>         +
>         +==== Use of hugepages
>         +In systems that support multiple hugepage sizes, the default
>         hugepage size is
>         +now reported properly by the `odp_sys_huge_page_size()` API.
>         +
>         +==== Coverity and Valgrind issue cleanup
>         +Numerous issues identified by the Coverity scan tool have
>         been cleaned up
>         +and resolved, leading to improved robustness in the
>         `odp-linux` reference
>         +implementation. In addition, several memory leaks identified
>         by the valgrind
>         +tool have been fixed.
>         +
>         +==== Validation test resource checks
>         +The Traffic Manager validation test has certain sub-tests
>         that require a
>         +minimum of 2 CPUs to operate properly. These tests are now
>         skipped with a
>         +warning when run on uniprocessor systems.
>         +
>         +=== Performance
>         +Performance enhancements in the `odp-linux` reference
>         implementation have been
>         +made in packet processing, classification, and pktio, leading
>         to increased
>         +observed throughput and packet handling rates.
>         +
>         +=== Examples
>         +A new `l2fwd_simple` example has been added that does simple
>         Layer 2 forwarding.
>         +
>         +=== Documentation
>         +==== Switch from AsciiDoc to AsciiDoctor
>         +To get better formatting capabilities and future
>         extensibility the ODP user
>         +documentation system has been switched from
>         http://asciidoc.org[AsciiDoc] to
>         +http://asciidoctor.org[AsciiDoctor]. There are a handful of
>         notable changes as
>         +a result of this. Those submitting documentation patches
>         should be aware of
>         +the following:
>         +
>         +* `monospace font` is now indicated by demarking the text
>         with backticks (`)
>         +rather than plus signs (+).
>         +
>         +* Callouts are now indicated by C++-style double slash
>         comments (// <1>)
>         +instead of C-style comments (/* <1> */). So, for example writing
>         +-----------------------------------------------
>         +[source,c]
>         +----
>         +...some great code deserving a callout // \<1>
>         +----
>         +<1> This is an example of a callout
>         +-----------------------------------------------
>         +yields:
>         +----
>         +...some great code deserving a callout // <1>
>         +----
>         +<1> This is an example of a callout
>         +
>         +Note that this change only affects user documentation. Code
>         documentation
>         +still uses http://doxygen.org[Doxygen].
>         +
>         +==== Image Cleanup
>         +The images in the user guide have been trimmed to fit the
>         page better. In
>         +addition, many new images have been added to better
>         illustrate ODP API usage.
>         +
>         +==== Additional User Documentation for Monarch APIs
>         +The *ODP User's Guide* has been updated to include new
>         sections documenting
>         +the use of the full Monarch packet APIs as well as the Timer
>         APIs. In
>         +addition, the crypto, classification, and traffic manager API
>         documentation
>         +has been improved to cover all of the latest Monarch
>         features, and an
>         +introductory section on overall ODP packet flow architecture
>         has been added.
>         +
>         +==== Helper Documentation
>         +The ODP Helper library now has its own document that
>         describes these additional
>         +functions of use to ODP applications and validation tests.
>         +
>         +==== Other documentation
>         +The Process Guide, FAQ, CONTRIBUTING, and CHANGELOG files
>         have been reworked
>         +for the new AsciiDoctor structure, leading to a more uniform
>         method of
>         +presenting ODP support documentation. In addition, an option
>         for generating
>         +both a "pure" ODP API document that defines the APIs in their
>         +implementation-independent forms as well as their
>         implementation-dependent
>         +forms for the `odp-linux` reference implementation is now
>         available.
>         +
>         +=== Known Issues
>         +==== https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2301[Bug 2301]
>         +The scheduler does not remove PKTIN queues following
>         `odp_pktio_close()`
>         +
>         +==== https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2309[Bug 2309]
>         +The timer validation tests have seen occasional failures when
>         run on systems
>         +containing a larger number of CPUs (typically 24 or more).
>         +
>           == OpenDataPlane (1.10.0.0)
>             === New Features
>
>
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One more step to Monarch release is current point release. Which is 
mostly internal improvements and bugs fixing without
any API change. Bill wrote good changelog so I just replay on his 
email.  Please find release details bellow.

Best regards,
Maxim.

On 06/11/16 15:44, Bill Fischofer wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Bill Fischofer <bill.fischofer@linaro.org>
> ---
>   CHANGELOG | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 165 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
> index d9c66ed..d8230cd 100644
> --- a/CHANGELOG
> +++ b/CHANGELOG
> @@ -1,3 +1,168 @@
> +== OpenDataPlane (1.10.1.0)
> +
> +=== New Features
> +
> +==== APIs
> +ODP v1.10.1.0 is a maintenance release and as such introduces no new APIs or
> +other changes that might result in application source incompatibility with
> +v1.10.0.0.
> +
> +==== Modular Scheduler
> +The ODP scheduler included as part of the `odp-linux` reference implementation
> +has been modularized to support a "pluggable" architecture that will permit
> +the easy introduction of alternate scheduler implementations that permit
> +both easy experimentation as well as alternate scheduling models that are
> +tuned to specific application workloads (_i.e.,_ a strict priority scheduler
> +for latency-sensitive workloads). Included in this release is the just the
> +foundation and alternate schedulers are expected to be added in future ODP
> +releases.
> +
> +=== Packaging
> +
> +==== Rename of `linux-generic` to `odp-linux`
> +While the platform name within the ODP git repository remains
> +`linux-generic`, the package name of this reference implementation has been
> +changed to `odp-linux` to better reflect that this is an implementation of
> +ODP that is dependent only on the Linux kernel and is intended to be runnable
> +on any Linux distribution. All ODP documentation has been changed to reflect
> +this name change.
> +
> +=== Helpers
> +
> +==== Introduction of "agnostic" threading support
> +The current helper APIs for linux pthreads (`odph_linux_pthread_create()`, etc.)
> +and processes (`odph_linux_process_fork()`, etc.) have been augmented with a
> +new "agnostic" set of helper routines for general ODP thread management.
> +
> +`odph_odpthreads_create()` and `odph_odpthreads_join()` are now the preferred
> +helpers to use for creating and joining threads that may be implemented as
> +_either_ pthreads or Linux processes. Although currently ODP threads in
> +Monarch are assumed to share the same (single) address space, this change is
> +to permit evolution towards multi-address space (_i.e.,_ process oriented)
> +threading models without requiring application and/or validation test changes.
> +
> +The various ODP examples and validation tests that make use of threading have
> +all been changed to new these new helper APIs.
> +
> +==== Thread affinity APIs
> +As part of the new "agnostic" threading support, two additional helper APIs
> +(`odph_odpthread_getaffinity()` and `odph_odpthread_setaffinity()`) have been
> +added to permit easy management of thread affinity.
> +
> +The CUnit framework used by the ODP validation suite has been changed to set
> +the affinity of the initial thread to the first available control CPU. This
> +avoids inconsistencies in a number of timing tests.
> +
> +=== Bug Fixes
> +As a maintenance release, numerous bugs have been fixed in the `odp-linux`
> +reference implementation in areas such as platform support (particularly on
> +32-bit systems), compiler support (clang), C++ compatibility, and other
> +cleanup items. Highlights include:
> +
> +==== 32-bit platform support
> +The `configure` utility now correctly identifies and sets variables needed for
> +proper compilation on 32-bit x86 systems. In addition the Traffic Manager
> +now executes properly on 32-bit systems.
> +
> +==== Timer improvements
> +The `odp_timer_t` abstract type is now strongly typed for consistency with
> +other ODP types, and the `odp_timer_to_u64()` and `odp_timer_pool_to_u64()`
> +APIs are now properly implemented. In addition, an issue with compiling the
> +timer routines on 32-bit systems using clang was resolved.
> +
> +==== Scheduler fairness
> +The default scheduler has been improved to avoid starvation and increase
> +fairness when running with a limited number of threads or CPUs.
> +
> +==== 128-bit atomics
> +The `-mcx16` compiler option is now properly identified and used to support
> +128-bit atomics on systems that support these operations. This leads to
> +increased efficiency in the implementation of both timers as well as other
> +atomic operations.
> +
> +==== Use of hugepages
> +In systems that support multiple hugepage sizes, the default hugepage size is
> +now reported properly by the `odp_sys_huge_page_size()` API.
> +
> +==== Coverity and Valgrind issue cleanup
> +Numerous issues identified by the Coverity scan tool have been cleaned up
> +and resolved, leading to improved robustness in the `odp-linux` reference
> +implementation. In addition, several memory leaks identified by the valgrind
> +tool have been fixed.
> +
> +==== Validation test resource checks
> +The Traffic Manager validation test has certain sub-tests that require a
> +minimum of 2 CPUs to operate properly. These tests are now skipped with a
> +warning when run on uniprocessor systems.
> +
> +=== Performance
> +Performance enhancements in the `odp-linux` reference implementation have been
> +made in packet processing, classification, and pktio, leading to increased
> +observed throughput and packet handling rates.
> +
> +=== Examples
> +A new `l2fwd_simple` example has been added that does simple Layer 2 forwarding.
> +
> +=== Documentation
> +==== Switch from AsciiDoc to AsciiDoctor
> +To get better formatting capabilities and future extensibility the ODP user
> +documentation system has been switched from http://asciidoc.org[AsciiDoc] to
> +http://asciidoctor.org[AsciiDoctor]. There are a handful of notable changes as
> +a result of this. Those submitting documentation patches should be aware of
> +the following:
> +
> +* `monospace font` is now indicated by demarking the text with backticks (`)
> +rather than plus signs (+).
> +
> +* Callouts are now indicated by C++-style double slash comments (// <1>)
> +instead of C-style comments (/* <1> */). So, for example writing
> +-----------------------------------------------
> +[source,c]
> +----
> +...some great code deserving a callout // \<1>
> +----
> +<1> This is an example of a callout
> +-----------------------------------------------
> +yields:
> +----
> +...some great code deserving a callout // <1>
> +----
> +<1> This is an example of a callout
> +
> +Note that this change only affects user documentation. Code documentation
> +still uses http://doxygen.org[Doxygen].
> +
> +==== Image Cleanup
> +The images in the user guide have been trimmed to fit the page better. In
> +addition, many new images have been added to better illustrate ODP API usage.
> +
> +==== Additional User Documentation for Monarch APIs
> +The *ODP User's Guide* has been updated to include new sections documenting
> +the use of the full Monarch packet APIs as well as the Timer APIs. In
> +addition, the crypto, classification, and traffic manager API documentation
> +has been improved to cover all of the latest Monarch features, and an
> +introductory section on overall ODP packet flow architecture has been added.
> +
> +==== Helper Documentation
> +The ODP Helper library now has its own document that describes these additional
> +functions of use to ODP applications and validation tests.
> +
> +==== Other documentation
> +The Process Guide, FAQ, CONTRIBUTING, and CHANGELOG files have been reworked
> +for the new AsciiDoctor structure, leading to a more uniform method of
> +presenting ODP support documentation. In addition, an option for generating
> +both a "pure" ODP API document that defines the APIs in their
> +implementation-independent forms as well as their implementation-dependent
> +forms for the `odp-linux` reference implementation is now available.
> +
> +=== Known Issues
> +==== https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2301[Bug 2301]
> +The scheduler does not remove PKTIN queues following `odp_pktio_close()`
> +
> +==== https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2309[Bug 2309]
> +The timer validation tests have seen occasional failures when run on systems
> +containing a larger number of CPUs (typically 24 or more).
> +
>   == OpenDataPlane (1.10.0.0)
>   
>   === New Features