doc: update release notes for 25.03

Fix grammar, spelling and formatting of DPDK 25.03 release notes

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>

Author: john-mcnamara-intel

doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_03.rst

@@ -6,64 +6,18 @@
 DPDK Release 25.03
 ==================
 
-.. **Read this first.**
-
-   The text in the sections 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::
-
-      ninja -C build doc
-      xdg-open build/doc/guides/html/rel_notes/release_25_03.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.
-
-     Suggested order in release notes items:
-     * Core libs (EAL, mempool, ring, mbuf, buses)
-     * Device abstraction libs and PMDs (ordered alphabetically by vendor name)
-       - ethdev (lib, PMDs)
-       - cryptodev (lib, PMDs)
-       - eventdev (lib, PMDs)
-       - etc
-     * Other libs
-     * Apps, Examples, Tools (if significant)
-
-     This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
-     Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
-     =======================================================
-
 * **Added Staged-Ordered-Ring (SORING) API to the ring library.**
 
-  New API was added to the ring library to provide a SW abstraction
+  Added new API to the ring library to provide a software abstraction
   for ordered queues with multiple processing stages.
-  It is based on conventional DPDK rte_ring, re-uses many of its concepts,
-  and even substantial part of its code.
-  It can be viewed as an extension of rte_ring functionality.
+  It is based on the conventional DPDK ``rte_ring`` and re-uses many of its concepts,
+  including substantial part of its code.
+  It can be viewed as an extension of ``rte_ring`` functionality.
 
-* **Hardened of more allocation functions.**
+* **Hardened more allocation functions.**
 
   Added allocation attributes to functions that allocate data:
 
@@ -89,12 +43,12 @@ New Features
 
   This can catch some obvious bugs at compile time (with GCC 11.0 or later).
   For example, calling ``free`` on a pointer that was allocated with one
-  of those functions (and vice versa); freeing the same pointer twice
+  of those functions (and vice versa), freeing the same pointer twice
   in the same routine or freeing an object that was not created by allocation.
 
 * **Updated af_packet net driver.**
 
-  * Added ability to option to configure receive packet fanout mode.
+  * Added ability to configure receive packet fanout mode.
   * Added statistics for failed buffer allocation and missed packets.
 
 * **Updated Amazon ENA (Elastic Network Adapter) net driver.**
@@ -129,7 +83,7 @@ New Features
 * **Updated NVIDIA mlx5 driver.**
 
   * Added support for NVIDIA ConnectX-8 adapters.
-  * Optimized port probing in large scale.
+  * Optimized large scale port probing.
     This feature enhances the efficiency of probing VF/SFs on a large scale
     by significantly reducing the probing time.
 
@@ -157,13 +111,10 @@ New Features
 
   Added network driver for the Yunsilicon metaScale serials NICs.
 
-* **Updated vhost library.**
+* **Updated vhost/virtio for RSA crypto.**
 
-  Updated vhost library to support RSA crypto operations.
-
-* **Updated virtio crypto driver.**
-
-  * Added support for RSA crypto operations.
+  * Added RSA crypto operations to the vhost library.
+  * Added RSA crypto operations to the virtio crypto driver.
 
 * **Updated IPsec_MB crypto driver.**
 
@@ -179,24 +130,15 @@ New Features
 * **Added atomic tests to the eventdev test application.**
 
   Added two atomic tests: ``atomic_queue`` and ``atomic_atq``.
-  They work in the same way as the corresponding ordered tests
-  but exclusively use atomic queues.
+  These work in the same way as the corresponding ordered tests
+  but use atomic queues exclusively.
   Atomicity is verified using spinlocks.
 
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
 
-.. This section should contain removed items in this release. Sample format:
-
-   * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the removed item
-     in 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.
-   =======================================================
-
-* **Dropped support for Intel\ |reg| C++ Compiler (icc) (replaced by "icx" support)**
+* **Dropped support for Intel\ |reg| C++ Compiler (icc) (replaced by "icx" support).**
 
   Support for the older Intel\ |reg| C++ Compiler "icc" has been dropped.
   The newer Intel\ |reg| oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler, "icx", can be used to compile DPDK instead.
@@ -205,18 +147,6 @@ Removed Items
 API Changes
 -----------
 
-.. This section should contain API changes. Sample format:
-
-   * sample: Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change
-     which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release.
-     Start with a scope label like "ethdev:".
-     Use fixed width quotes for ``function_names`` or ``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.
-   =======================================================
-
 * eal: The ``__rte_packed`` macro for packing data is replaced with
   ``__rte_packed_begin`` / ``__rte_packed_end``.
 
@@ -233,12 +163,12 @@ API Changes
   cpfl, e1000, fm10k, i40e, iavf, ice, idpf, ipn3ke and ixgbe,
   have been moved from ``drivers/net`` to a new ``drivers/net/intel`` directory.
   The resulting build output, including the driver filenames, is the same,
-  but to enable/disable these drivers via Meson option requires use of the new paths.
+  but to enable/disable these drivers via Meson option requires the use of the new paths.
   For example, ``-Denable_drivers=/net/i40e`` becomes ``-Denable_drivers=/net/intel/i40e``.
 
-* build: The Intel IGC networking driver was merged with e1000 driver
+* build: The Intel IGC networking driver was merged with the e1000 driver
   and is no longer provided as a separate driver.
-  The resulting build output will not have the ``librte_net_igc.*`` driver files any more,
+  The resulting build output will no longer have the ``librte_net_igc.*`` driver files,
   but the ``librte_net_e1000.*`` driver files will provide support
   for all of the devices and features of the old driver.
   In addition, to enable/disable the driver via Meson option,
@@ -258,55 +188,12 @@ API Changes
 ABI Changes
 -----------
 
-.. This section should contain ABI changes. Sample format:
-
-   * sample: Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the ABI change
-     which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release.
-     Start with a scope label like "ethdev:".
-     Use fixed width quotes for ``function_names`` or ``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.
-   =======================================================
-
 * No ABI change that would break compatibility with 24.11.
 
 
-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.
-   =======================================================
-
-
 Tested Platforms
 ----------------
 
-.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested
-   with this release.
-
-   The format is:
-
-   * <vendor> platform with <vendor> <type of devices> combinations
-
-     * List of CPU
-     * List of OS
-     * List of devices
-     * Other relevant details...
-
-   This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
-   Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
-   =======================================================
-
 * Intel\ |reg| platforms with Intel\ |reg| NICs combinations
 
   * CPU