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[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
index 27cfbd9..45ed158 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,43 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **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.
+
+* **Updated the Intel ice driver.**
+
+  Updated the Intel ice driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * 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 Marvell NITROX symmetric crypto PMD.**
+
+  Added a symmetric crypto PMD for Marvell NITROX V security processor.
+  See the :doc:`../cryptodevs/nitrox` guide for more details on this new
+
+* **Updated NXP crypto PMDs for PDCP support.**
+
+  PDCP support is added to DPAA_SEC and DPAA2_SEC PMDs using rte_security APIs.
+  Support is added for all sequence number sizes for control and user plane.
+  Test application is updated for unit testing.
+
+* **Enabled Single Pass GCM acceleration on QAT GEN3.**
+
+  Added support for Single Pass GCM, available on QAT GEN3 only (Intel
+  QuickAssist Technology C4xxx). It is automatically chosen instead of the
+  classic 2-pass mode when running on QAT GEN3, significantly improving
+  the performance of AES GCM operations.
+
+* **Updated the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) compression PMD.**
+
+  Added stateful decompression support in the Intel QuickAssist Technology PMD.
+  Please note that stateful compression is not supported.
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
@@ -94,6 +131,30 @@ API Changes
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    =========================================================
 
+* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_dev_infos_get`` return value from ``void`` to
+  ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions.
+
+* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_promiscuous_enable`` and
+  ``rte_eth_promiscuous_disable`` return value from ``void`` to ``int`` to
+  provide a way to report various error conditions.
+
+* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_allmulticast_enable`` and
+  ``rte_eth_allmulticast_disable`` return value from ``void`` to ``int`` to
+  provide a way to report various error conditions.
+
+* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_dev_xstats_reset`` return value from ``void`` to
+  ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions.
+
+* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_link_get`` and ``rte_eth_link_get_nowait``
+  return value from ``void`` to ``int`` to provide a way to report various
+  error conditions.
+
+* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_macaddr_get`` return value from ``void`` to
+  ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions.
+
+* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_dev_owner_delete`` return value from ``void`` to
+  ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------
@@ -145,7 +206,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_distributor.so.1
      librte_eal.so.11
      librte_efd.so.1
-     librte_ethdev.so.12
+   + librte_ethdev.so.13
      librte_eventdev.so.7
      librte_flow_classify.so.1
      librte_gro.so.1
@@ -223,3 +284,12 @@ Tested Platforms
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    =========================================================
 
+* **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.
+