net/af_xdp: support unaligned umem chunks

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_19_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
@@ -56,16 +56,35 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **FreeBSD now supports `--base-virtaddr` EAL option.**
+
+  FreeBSD version now also supports setting base virtual address for mapping
+  pages and resources into its address space.
+
 * **Added Lock-free Stack for aarch64.**
 
   The lock-free stack implementation is enabled for aarch64 platforms.
 
+* **Updated the enic driver.**
+
+  * Added support for Geneve with options offload.
+  * Added flow API implementation based on VIC Flow Manager API.
+
 * **Added Hisilicon hns3 PMD.**
 
   Added the new ``hns3`` net driver for the inbuilt Hisilicon Network
   Subsystem 3(HNS3) network engine found in the Hisilicon Kunpeng 920 SoC.
   See the :doc:`../nics/hns3` guide for more details on this new driver.
 
+* **Added NXP PFE PMD.**
+
+  Added the new PFE driver for the NXP LS1012A platform. See the
+  :doc:`../nics/pfe` NIC driver guide for more details on this new driver.
+
+* **Updated iavf PMD.**
+
+  Enable AVX2 data path for iavf PMD.
+
 * **Updated the Intel e1000 driver.**
 
   Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag.
@@ -82,6 +101,15 @@ New Features
 
   Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag.
 
+* **Added RX/TX packet burst mode get API.**
+
+  Added two new functions ``rte_eth_rx_burst_mode_get`` and
+  ``rte_eth_tx_burst_mode_get`` that allow an application
+  to retrieve the mode information about RX/TX packet burst
+  such as Scalar or Vector, and Vector technology like AVX2.
+  Another new function ``rte_eth_burst_mode_option_name`` is
+  provided for burst mode options stringification.
+
 * **Updated the Intel ice driver.**
 
   Updated the Intel ice driver with new features and improvements, including:
@@ -89,13 +117,45 @@ New Features
   * Added support for device-specific DDP package loading.
   * Added support for handling Receive Flex Descriptor.
   * Added support for protocol extraction on per Rx queue.
+  * Added support for Flow Director filter based on generic filter framework.
   * Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag.
+  * Generic filter enhancement
+    - Supported pipeline mode.
+    - Supported new packet type like PPPoE for switch filter.
+  * Supported input set change and symmetric hash by rte_flow RSS action.
 
 * **Added cryptodev asymmetric session-less operation.**
 
   Added session-less option to cryptodev asymmetric structure. It works the same
   way as symmetric crypto, corresponding xform is used directly by the crypto op.
 
+* **Updated the Huawei hinic driver.**
+
+  Updated the Huawei hinic driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * Enabled SR-IOV - Partially supported at this point, VFIO only.
+  * Supported VLAN filter and VLAN offload.
+  * Supported Unicast MAC filter and Multicast MAC filter.
+  * Supported Flow director for LACP, VRRP, BGP and so on.
+  * Supported FW version get.
+
+* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * Added support for VLAN pop flow offload command.
+  * Added support for VLAN push flow offload command.
+  * Added support for VLAN set PCP offload command.
+  * Added support for VLAN set VID offload command.
+  * Added support for matching on packets withe Geneve tunnel header.
+
+* **Updated the AF_XDP PMD.**
+
+  Updated the AF_XDP PMD. The new features include:
+
+  * Enabled zero copy between application mempools and UMEM by enabling the
+    XDP_UMEM_UNALIGNED_CHUNKS UMEM flag.
+
 * **Added Marvell NITROX symmetric crypto PMD.**
 
   Added a symmetric crypto PMD for Marvell NITROX V security processor.
@@ -158,6 +218,11 @@ New Features
   Added eBPF JIT support for arm64 architecture to improve the eBPF program
   performance.
 
+* **Updated testpmd.**
+
+  * Added a console command to testpmd app, ``show port (port_id) ptypes`` which
+    gives ability to print port supported ptypes in different protocol layers.
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
@@ -183,6 +248,8 @@ Removed Items
                                      ipv4_cksum|udp_cksum|tcp_cksum|timestamp|
                                      vlan_strip|vlan_filter|vlan_extend on|off
 
+* Removed AF_XDP pmd_zero copy vdev argument. Support is now auto-detected.
+
 
 API Changes
 -----------
@@ -357,12 +424,3 @@ Tested Platforms
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =========================================================
 
-* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
-
-  Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
-
-  * Added support for VLAN pop flow offload command.
-  * Added support for VLAN push flow offload command.
-  * Added support for VLAN set PCP offload command.
-  * Added support for VLAN set VID offload command.
-