docs: Update news.xml to describe switchdev offloading

2017-08-26 09:22:25 -04:00 · 2017-08-26 09:22:25 -04:00 · 4b314f9ba5
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          external host changes.
        </description>
      </change>
+      <change>
+        <summary>
+          nodedev: Add switchdev offload query to NIC capabilities
+        </summary>
+        <description>
+            Allow querying the NIC interface capabilities for the
+            availability of switchdev offloading (also known as
+            kernel-forward-plane-offload introduced in kernel 4.8).
+        </description>
+      </change>
    </section>
    <section title="Bug fixes">
    </section>