ethdev: introduce generic modify flow action

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_21_02.rst

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@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ New Features
 
   Added support for matching and raw encap/decap of GENEVE TLV option.
 
+* **Added support of modify field action in the flow API.**
+
+  Added modify action support to perform various operations on
+  any arbitrary header field (as well as mark, metadata or tag values):
+  ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MODIFY_FIELD``.
+  Supported operations are: overwriting a field with the content from
+  another field, addition and subtraction using an immediate value.
+
 * **Updated Broadcom bnxt driver.**
 
   Updated the Broadcom bnxt driver with fixes and improvements, including: