+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright 2018 The DPDK contributors
+
DPDK Release 18.08
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New Features
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* **Added support for Hyper-V netvsc PMD.**
The new ``netvsc`` poll mode driver provides native support for
Flow API support has been added to CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload
flows to Chelsio T5/T6 NICs. Support added for:
+
* Wildcard (LE-TCAM) and Exact (HASH) match filters.
* Match items: physical ingress port, IPv4, IPv6, TCP and UDP.
* Action items: queue, drop, count, and physical egress port redirect.
* **Added descriptor status check support for fm10k.**
- ``rte_eth_rx_descritpr_status`` and ``rte_eth_tx_descriptor_status``
- are supported by fm10K.
+ The ``rte_eth_rx_descriptor_status`` and ``rte_eth_tx_descriptor_status``
+ APIs are now supported by fm10K.
* **Updated the enic driver.**
* Add handlers to add/delete VxLAN port number.
* Add devarg to specify ingress VLAN rewrite mode.
+* **Updated mlx5 driver.**
+
+ Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes:
+
+ * Added port representors support.
+ * Added Flow API support for e-switch rules.
+ Added support for ACTION_PORT_ID, ACTION_DROP, ACTION_OF_POP_VLAN,
+ ACTION_OF_PUSH_VLAN, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_VID, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_PCP
+ and ITEM_PORT_ID.
+ * Added support for 32-bit compilation.
+
+* **Added TSO support for the mlx4 driver.**
+
+ Added TSO support for the mlx4 drivers from MLNX_OFED_4.4 and above.
+
* **SoftNIC PMD rework.**
- The SoftNIC PMD infrastructure is restructured to use the Packet Framework,
- which makes it more flexible, modular and easier to add new functionality
- in future.
+ The SoftNIC PMD infrastructure has been restructured to use the Packet
+ Framework, which makes it more flexible, modular and easier to add new
+ functionality in the future.
* **Updated the AESNI MB PMD.**
API Changes
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- =========================================================
-
-* Path to runtime config file has changed. The new path is determined as
- follows:
+* The path to the runtime config file has changed. The new path is determined
+ as follows:
- If DPDK is running as root, ``/var/run/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
- If DPDK is not running as root:
* If ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`` is set, ``${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
* Otherwise, ``/tmp/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+* eal: The function ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops`` was deprecated
+ and is removed in 18.08. It shall be replaced by
+ ``rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops``.
+
* mempool: Following functions were deprecated and are removed in 18.08:
- ``rte_mempool_populate_iova_tab``
- ``rte_eth_conf.rxmode.ignore_offload_bitfield``
- ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_IGNORE``
-* cryptodev: In struct ``struct rte_cryptodev_info``, field ``rte_pci_device *pci_dev``
- has been replaced with field ``struct rte_device *device``.
- Value 0 is accepted in ``sym.max_nb_sessions``, meaning that a device
- supports an unlimited number of sessions.
- Two new fields of type ``uint16_t`` have been added:
- ``min_mbuf_headroom_req`` and ``min_mbuf_tailroom_req``.
- These parameters specify the recommended headroom and tailroom for mbufs
- to be processed by the PMD.
+* cryptodev: The following API changes have been made in 18.08:
+
+ - In struct ``struct rte_cryptodev_info``, field ``rte_pci_device *pci_dev``
+ has been replaced with field ``struct rte_device *device``.
+ - Value 0 is accepted in ``sym.max_nb_sessions``, meaning that a device
+ supports an unlimited number of sessions.
+ - Two new fields of type ``uint16_t`` have been added:
+ ``min_mbuf_headroom_req`` and ``min_mbuf_tailroom_req``. These parameters
+ specify the recommended headroom and tailroom for mbufs to be processed by
+ the PMD.
-* cryptodev: Following functions were deprecated and are removed in 18.08:
+* cryptodev: The following functions were deprecated and are removed in 18.08:
- ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_start``
- ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_stop``
- ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_attach_sym_session``
- ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_detach_sym_session``
-* cryptodev: Following functions were deprecated and are replaced by
- other functions in 18.08:
+* cryptodev: The following functions were deprecated and are replaced by other
+ functions in 18.08:
- ``rte_cryptodev_get_header_session_size`` is replaced with
``rte_cryptodev_sym_get_header_session_size``
- ``RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_LB_IN_SGL_OUT``
-ABI Changes
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-Removed Items
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Shared Library Versions
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- + librte_cfgfile.so.2
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- =========================================================
-
The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
.. code-block:: diff
librte_compressdev.so.1
+ librte_cryptodev.so.5
librte_distributor.so.1
- librte_eal.so.7
+ + librte_eal.so.8
+ librte_ethdev.so.10
- librte_eventdev.so.4
+ + librte_eventdev.so.5
librte_flow_classify.so.1
librte_gro.so.1
librte_gso.so.1
librte_vhost.so.3
-Known Issues
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+Tested Platforms
+----------------
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+* Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations
- * **Add title in present tense with full stop.**
+ * CPU
- Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the known issue
- in the present tense. Add information on any known workarounds.
+ * Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3858 @ 2.00GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4667 v3 @ 2.00GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v2 @ 2.40GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v3 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8180 CPU @ 2.50GHz
- This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
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- =========================================================
+ * OS:
+ * CentOS 7.4
+ * Fedora 25
+ * Fedora 27
+ * Fedora 28
+ * FreeBSD 11.1
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5
+ * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
+ * Wind River Linux 8
+ * Ubuntu 14.04
+ * Ubuntu 16.04
+ * Ubuntu 16.10
+ * Ubuntu 17.10
+ * Ubuntu 18.04
-Tested Platforms
-----------------
+ * NICs:
+
+ * Intel(R) 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
+
+ * Firmware version: 0x61bf0001
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:10fb / 8086:10ed
+ * Driver version: 5.2.3 (ixgbe)
+
+ * Intel(R) Corporation Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
+
+ * Firmware version: 0x800003e7
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:15ad / 8086:15a8
+ * Driver version: 4.4.6 (ixgbe)
+
+ * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 (4x10G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (4x10G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 3.33 0x80000fd5 0.0.0
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:37d0 / 8086:37cd
+ * Driver version: 2.4.3 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (2x25G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:158b / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2 (2X40G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 6.01 0x8000321c
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1583 / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
+
+ * Firmware version: 1.63, 0x80000dda
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1521 / 8086:1520
+ * Driver version: 5.4.0-k (igb)
+
+* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU:
+
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz
+
+ * OS:
+
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
+ * Ubuntu 18.04
+ * Ubuntu 17.10
+ * Ubuntu 16.04
+ * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
+
+ * MLNX_OFED: 4.3-2.0.2.0
+ * MLNX_OFED: 4.4-2.0.1.0
+
+ * NICs:
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1007
+ * Firmware version: 2.42.5000
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1019
+ * Firmware version: 16.21.1000 and above
+
+* ARM platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU:
+
+ * Qualcomm ARM 1.1 2500MHz
+
+ * OS:
+
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)
+
+ * NICs:
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.23.1000
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
-.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested
- with this release.
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.23.1000
- The format is:
+* Mellanox BlueField SmartNIC
- * <vendor> platform with <vendor> <type of devices> combinations
+ * Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC MT416842 (2x25G)
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:a2d2
+ * Firmware version: 18.99.3950
- * List of CPU
- * List of OS
- * List of devices
- * Other relevant details...
+ * SoC ARM cores running OS:
+ * CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (AltArch)
+ * Mellanox MLNX_OFED 4.2-1.4.21.0
- This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
- Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
- =========================================================
+ * DPDK application running on ARM cores inside SmartNIC
+ * BlueField representors support planned for next release.
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