Add to v26.03 release notes support for RISC-V Zbc extension to accelerate CRC using the Linux RISC-V hardware probing interface to detect its presence at runtime.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Gregory <[email protected]> --- .mailmap | 2 +- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap index 6c4c977dde..ba36d4310d 100644 --- a/.mailmap +++ b/.mailmap @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ Dan Gora <[email protected]> Dan Nowlin <[email protected]> Dan Wei <[email protected]> Dana Vardi <[email protected]> -Daniel Gregory <[email protected]> +Daniel Gregory <[email protected]> Daniel Kaminsky <[email protected]> Daniel Kan <[email protected]> Daniel Martin Buckley <[email protected]> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst index b4499ec066..b5badfb909 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst @@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ New Features Added handling of the key combination Control+L to clear the screen before redisplaying the prompt. +* **Added RISC-V carryless multiplication support in CRC computation.** + + The RISC-V Zbc extension adds instructions for carryless multiplication. + Support for using this extension to accelerate CRC computation was added to + hash and net. This acceleration is enabled when the Zbc extension is present + on the build target and detected at runtime using the Linux RISC-V hardware + probing interface. + Removed Items ------------- -- 2.53.0
