app/flow-perf: add flow performance skeleton

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_20_08.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
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+* **Updated PCAP driver.**
+
+  Updated PCAP driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * Support software Tx nanosecond timestamps precision.
+
 * **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
 
   Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
 
   * Added new PMD devarg ``reclaim_mem_mode``.
 
+* **Added support for BPF_ABS/BPF_IND load instructions.**
+
+  Added support for two BPF non-generic instructions:
+  ``(BPF_ABS | <size> | BPF_LD)`` and ``(BPF_IND | <size> | BPF_LD)``
+  which are used to access packet data in a safe manner. Currently JIT support
+  for these instructions is implemented for x86 only.
+
+* **Added flow performance test application.**
+
+  Added new application to test ``rte_flow`` performance.
+
 
 Removed Items
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+* Removed ``RTE_KDRV_NONE`` based PCI device driver probing.
+
 
 API Changes
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+* ``rte_page_sizes`` enumeration is replaced with ``RTE_PGSIZE_xxx`` defines.
+
 
 ABI Changes
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