examples/vdpa: introduce a new sample for vDPA

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

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@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ New Features
   SR-IOV option in Hyper-V and Azure. This is an alternative to the previous
   vdev_netvsc, tap, and failsafe drivers combination.
 
+* **Added a new net driver for Marvell Armada 3k device.**
+
+  Added the new ``mvneta`` net driver for Marvell Armada 3k device. See the
+  :doc:`../nics/mvneta` NIC guide for more details on this new driver.
+
+* **Added NXP ENETC PMD.**
+
+  Added the new enetc driver for NXP enetc platform. See the
+  "ENETC Poll Mode Driver" document for more details on this new driver.
+
 * **Updated failsafe driver.**
 
   Updated the failsafe driver including the following changes:
@@ -110,6 +120,15 @@ New Features
   the specified port. The port must be stopped before the command call in order
   to reconfigure queues.
 
+* **Add a new sample for vDPA**
+
+  The vdpa sample application creates vhost-user sockets by using the
+  vDPA backend. vDPA stands for vhost Data Path Acceleration which utilizes
+  virtio ring compatible devices to serve virtio driver directly to enable
+  datapath acceleration. As vDPA driver can help to set up vhost datapath,
+  this application doesn't need to launch dedicated worker threads for vhost
+  enqueue/dequeue operations.
+
 
 API Changes
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