ethdev: add flow action to swap MAC addresses

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_18_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
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@@ -60,12 +60,28 @@ New Features
   memory that was created outside of DPDK's own page allocator, and using that
   memory natively with any other DPDK library or data structure.
 
+* **Added new Flow API actions to rewrite fields in packet headers.**
+
+  Added new Flow API actions to:
+
+  * Modify source and destination IP addresses in the outermost IPv4/IPv6
+    headers.
+  * Modify source and destination port numbers in the outermost TCP/UDP
+    headers.
+
+* **Added new Flow API action to swap MAC addresses in Ethernet header.**
+
+  Added new Flow API action to swap the source and destination MAC
+  addresses in the outermost Ethernet header.
+
 * **Add support to offload more flow match and actions for CXGBE PMD**
 
   Flow API support has been enhanced for CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload:
 
   * Match items: destination MAC address.
-  * Action items: push/pop/rewrite vlan header.
+  * Action items: push/pop/rewrite vlan header,
+    rewrite IP addresses in outermost IPv4/IPv6 header,
+    rewrite port numbers in outermost TCP/UDP header.
 
 * **Added a devarg to use the latest supported vector path in i40e.**
   A new devarg ``use-latest-supported-vec`` was introduced to allow users to
@@ -88,6 +104,16 @@ New Features
   Added the new enetc driver for NXP enetc platform. See the
   "ENETC Poll Mode Driver" document for more details on this new driver.
 
+* **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
+
+  Updated the sfc_efx driver including the following changes:
+
+  * Added support for Rx scatter in EF10 datapath implementation.
+  * Added support for Rx descriptor status API in EF10 datapath implementation.
+  * Added support for TSO in EF10 datapath implementation.
+  * Added support for Tx descriptor status API in EF10 (ef10 and ef10_simple)
+    datapaths implementation.
+
 * **Updated failsafe driver.**
 
   Updated the failsafe driver including the following changes:
@@ -97,6 +123,10 @@ New Features
   * Support for runtime Rx and Tx queues setup.
   * Support multicast MAC address set.
 
+* **Added a devarg to use PCAP interface physical MAC address.**
+  A new devarg ``phy_mac`` was introduced to allow users to use physical
+  MAC address of the selected PCAP interface.
+
 * **Added Event Ethernet Tx Adapter.**
 
   Added event ethernet Tx adapter library that  provides configuration and