examples/ethtool: add user-space ethtool sample application

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_2_2.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst
@@ -4,16 +4,29 @@ DPDK Release 2.2
 New Features
 ------------
 
-* **Introduce ARMv7 architecture**
+* **Introduce ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures**
 
-  It is now possible to build DPDK for the ARMv7 platform and test with
-  virtual PMD drivers.
+  * It is now possible to build DPDK for the ARMv7 and ARMv8 platforms.
+  * ARMv7 can be tested with virtual PMD drivers.
+  * ARMv8 can be tested with virtual and physical PMD drivers.
 
 * **Enabled freeing of ring.**
 
   New function rte_ring_free() allows the user to free a ring
   if it was created with rte_ring_create().
 
+* **Added keepalive support to EAL and example application.**
+
+* **Added experimental cryptodev API**
+
+  The cryptographic processing of packet is provided as a preview
+  with two drivers for:
+
+  * Intel QuickAssist devices
+  * Intel AES-NI multi-buffer library
+
+  Due to its experimental state, the API may change without prior notice.
+
 * **Added ethdev API to support IEEE1588.**
 
   Added functions to read, write and adjust system time in the NIC.
@@ -95,6 +108,11 @@ New Features
   Like mlx4, this PMD is only available for Linux and is disabled by default
   due to external dependencies (libibverbs and libmlx5).
 
+* **Added virtual szedata2 driver for COMBO cards.**
+
+  Added virtual PMD for COMBO-100G and COMBO-80G cards.
+  PMD is disabled in default configuration.
+
 * **Enhanced support for virtio driver.**
 
   * Virtio ring layout optimization (fixed avail ring)
@@ -107,6 +125,8 @@ New Features
 
 * **Added port hotplug support to xenvirt.**
 
+* **Added ethtool shim and sample application.**
+
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
@@ -133,6 +153,10 @@ Drivers
 
   VF needs the PF interrupt support initialized even if not started.
 
+* **igb: Fixed VF MAC address when using with DPDK PF.**
+
+  Assign a random MAC address in VF when not assigned by PF.
+
 * **ixgbe: Fixed issue with X550 DCB.**
 
   Fixed a DCB issue with x550 where for 8 TCs (Traffic Classes), if a packet
@@ -175,6 +199,11 @@ Drivers
   Fixed the issue of not freeing memzone in the call to free the memory for
   adminq DMA.
 
+* **mlx: Fixed driver loading.**
+
+  The mlx drivers were unable to load when built as a shared library,
+  due to a missing symbol in mempool library.
+
 * **vhost: Fixed Qemu shutdown.**
 
   Fixed issue with libvirt ``virsh destroy`` not killing the VM.
@@ -212,6 +241,10 @@ Libraries
 Examples
 ~~~~~~~~
 
+* **l3fwd: Fixed crash with IPv6.**
+
+* **vhost_xen: Fixed compile error.**
+
 
 Other
 ~~~~~
@@ -220,6 +253,10 @@ Other
 Known Issues
 ------------
 
+* Some drivers do not fill the packet type when receiving.
+  As the l3fwd example application requires this info, the i40e vector
+  driver must be disabled to benefit of the packet type with i40e.
+
 
 API Changes
 -----------
@@ -231,6 +268,9 @@ API Changes
   structures: rte_eth_dcb_rx_conf, rte_eth_dcb_tx_conf,
   rte_eth_vmdq_dcb_conf, rte_eth_vmdq_dcb_tx_conf.
 
+* The rte_eth_rx_queue_count() function now returns "int" instead of "uint32_t"
+  to allow the use of negative values as error codes on return.
+
 * The function rte_eal_pci_close_one() is removed.
   It was replaced by rte_eal_pci_detach().
 
@@ -247,7 +287,6 @@ API Changes
 
 * The devargs union field virtual is renamed to virt for C++ compatibility.
 
-
 ABI Changes
 -----------
 
@@ -266,6 +305,11 @@ ABI Changes
 * The new fields rx_desc_lim and tx_desc_lim are added into rte_eth_dev_info
   structure.
 
+* For debug builds, the functions rte_eth_rx_burst(), rte_eth_tx_burst()
+  rte_eth_rx_descriptor_done() and rte_eth_rx_queue_count() will
+  no longer be separate functions in the DPDK libraries. Instead, they will
+  only be present in the rte_ethdev.h header file.
+
 * The maximum number of queues per port CONFIG_RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT is
   increased to 1024.
 
@@ -279,6 +323,10 @@ ABI Changes
 * librte_table LPM: A new parameter to hold the table name will be added to
   the LPM table parameter structure.
 
+* librte_table hash: The key mask parameter is added to the hash table
+  parameter structure for 8-byte key and 16-byte key extendible bucket
+  and LRU tables.
+
 * librte_port: Macros to access the packet meta-data stored within the packet
   buffer has been adjusted to cover the packet mbuf structure.
 
@@ -309,7 +357,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
    + librte_mbuf.so.2
      librte_mempool.so.1
      librte_meter.so.1
-     librte_pipeline.so.1
+   + librte_pipeline.so.2
      librte_pmd_bond.so.1
    + librte_pmd_ring.so.2
    + librte_port.so.2