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2 Copyright 2019 The DPDK contributors
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44 * Core libs (EAL, mempool, ring, mbuf, buses)
45 * Device abstraction libs and PMDs
47 - cryptodev (lib, PMDs)
48 - eventdev (lib, PMDs)
51 * Apps, Examples, Tools (if significant)
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57 * **Updated KNI module and PMD.**
59 Updated the KNI kernel module to set the max_mtu according to the given
60 initial MTU size. Without it, the maximum MTU was 1500.
62 Updated the KNI PMD driver to set the mbuf_size and MTU based on
63 the given mb-pool. This provide the ability to pass jumbo frames
64 if the mb-pool contains suitable buffers' size.
66 * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
68 Updated the sfc_efx driver including the following changes:
70 * Added support for Rx descriptor status and related API in a secondary
72 * Added support for Tx descriptor status API in a secondary process.
73 * Added support for RSS RETA and hash configuration get API in a secondary
75 * Added support for Rx packet types list in a secondary process.
77 * **Updated Mellanox drivers.**
79 New features and improvements were done in mlx4 and mlx5 PMDs:
81 * Added firmware version reading.
83 * **Renamed avf to iavf.**
85 Renamed Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function driver ``avf`` to ``iavf``,
86 which includes the directory name, lib name, filenames, makefile, docs,
87 macros, functions, structs and any other strings in the code.
89 * **Updated the enic driver.**
91 * Fixed several flow (director) bugs related to MARK, SCTP, VLAN, VXLAN, and
92 inner packet matching.
93 * Added limited support for RAW.
94 * Added limited support for RSS.
95 * Added limited support for PASSTHRU.
97 * **Updated the ixgbe driver.**
101 * Added promiscuous mode support.
103 * **Updated the ice driver.**
105 * Added support of SSE and AVX2 instructions in Rx and Tx paths.
106 * Added package download support.
108 * **Updated the QuickAssist Technology PMD.**
110 Added support for AES-XTS with 128 and 256 bit AES keys.
112 * **Updated the IPsec library.**
114 The IPsec library has been updated with AES-CTR and 3DES-CBC cipher algorithms
115 support. The related ipsec-secgw test scripts have been added.
117 * **Updated the testpmd application.**
119 Improved testpmd application performance on ARM platform. For ``macswap``
120 forwarding mode, NEON intrinsics were used to do swap to save CPU cycles.
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151 * eal: the type of the ``attr_value`` parameter of the function
152 ``rte_service_attr_get()`` has been changed
153 from ``uint32_t *`` to ``uint64_t *``.
155 * vfio: Functions ``rte_vfio_container_dma_map`` and
156 ``rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap`` have been extended with an option to
157 request mapping or un-mapping to the default vfio container fd.
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175 * cryptodev: in 18.08 new structure ``rte_crypto_asym_op`` was introduced and
176 included into ``rte_crypto_op``. As ``rte_crypto_asym_op`` structure was
177 defined as cache-line aligned that caused unintended changes in
178 ``rte_crypto_op`` structure layout and alignment. Remove cache-line
179 alignment for ``rte_crypto_asym_op`` to restore expected ``rte_crypto_op``
180 layout and alignment.
183 Shared Library Versions
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202 librte_bitratestats.so.2
205 librte_bus_fslmc.so.2
206 librte_bus_ifpga.so.2
209 librte_bus_vmbus.so.2
212 librte_compressdev.so.1
213 + librte_cryptodev.so.7
214 librte_distributor.so.1
219 librte_flow_classify.so.1
227 librte_latencystats.so.1
241 librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.2
242 librte_pmd_dpaa2_qdma.so.1
244 librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
245 librte_pmd_vhost.so.2
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272 * **No software AES-XTS implementation.**
274 There are currently no cryptodev software PMDs available which implement
275 support for the AES-XTS algorithm, so this feature can only be used
276 if compatible hardware and an associated PMD is available.
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292 * Other relevant details...
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