net/sfc: support flow API filters

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_17_05.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
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@@ -47,14 +47,54 @@ New Features
   to request the driver to release mbufs from their Tx ring that are no longer
   in use, independent of whether or not the ``tx_rs_thresh`` has been crossed.
 
+* **Added descriptor status ethdev API.**
+
+  Added a new API to get the status of a descriptor.
+
+  For Rx, it is almost similar to the ``rx_descriptor_done`` API, except
+  it differentiates descriptors which are hold by the driver and not
+  returned to the hardware. For Tx, it is a new API.
+
 * **Increased number of next hops for LPM IPv6 to 2^21.**
 
   The next_hop field is extended from 8 bits to 21 bits for IPv6.
 
+* **Added VFIO hotplug support.**
+
+  How hotplug supported with UIO and VFIO drivers.
+
 * **Added powerpc support in pci probing for vfio-pci devices.**
 
   sPAPR IOMMU based pci probing enabled for vfio-pci devices.
 
+* **Updated the ixgbe base driver.**
+
+  Updated the ixgbe base driver, including the following changes:
+
+  * Add link block check for KR.
+  * Complete HW initialization even if SFP is not present.
+  * Add VF xcast promiscuous mode.
+
+* **Added powerpc support for i40e and its vector PMD .**
+
+  i40e PMD and its vector PMD enabled by default in powerpc.
+
+* **Added TSO support for tunneled and non-tunneled packets on mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Added support for Hardware TSO for tunneled and non-tunneled packets.
+  Tunneling protocols supported are GRE and VXLAN.
+
+* **Updated the sfc_efx driver.**
+
+  * Generic flow API support for Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP and TCP
+    pattern items with QUEUE action for ingress traffic.
+
+* **Added vmxnet3 version 3 support.**
+
+  Added support for vmxnet3 version 3 which includes several
+  performance enhancements viz. configurable TX data ring, Receive
+  Data Ring, ability to register memory regions.
+
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
@@ -140,6 +180,8 @@ API Changes
   * added an extra parameter to the burst/bulk enqueue functions to
     return the number of free spaces in the ring after enqueue. This can
     be used by an application to implement its own watermark functionality.
+  * added an extra parameter to the burst/bulk dequeue functions to return
+    the number elements remaining in the ring after dequeue.
   * changed the return value of the enqueue and dequeue bulk functions to
     match that of the burst equivalents. In all cases, ring functions which
     operate on multiple packets now return the number of elements enqueued
@@ -152,6 +194,12 @@ API Changes
     - ``rte_ring_sc_dequeue_bulk``
     - ``rte_ring_dequeue_bulk``
 
+    NOTE: the above functions all have different parameters as well as
+    different return values, due to the other listed changes above. This
+    means that all instances of the functions in existing code will be
+    flagged by the compiler. The return value usage should be checked
+    while fixing the compiler error due to the extra parameter.
+
 ABI Changes
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