X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_18_08.rst;h=cbdf2d94a8ef7f3108ab0090e9f297c595a5b78c;hb=83a8a143bba5e05bd9cb9b44f949611df60dfa3c;hp=655e8a89baa7ae8583857389e9d2c03c0c1507dd;hpb=9e5fb7544c39494612875aeb5247afe58e5f211e;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst index 655e8a89ba..cbdf2d94a8 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst @@ -76,6 +76,21 @@ New Features * Add handlers to add/delete VxLAN port number. * Add devarg to specify ingress VLAN rewrite mode. +* **Updated mlx5 driver.** + + Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes: + + * Added port representors support. + * Added Flow API support for e-switch rules. + Supported ACTION_PORT_ID, ACTION_DROP, ACTION_OF_POP_VLAN, + ACTION_OF_PUSH_VLAN, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_VID, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_PCP + and ITEM_PORT_ID. + * Supported 32-bit compilation. + +* **Added TSO support for mlx4 driver.** + + The support is from MLNX_OFED_4.4 and above. + * **SoftNIC PMD rework.** The SoftNIC PMD infrastructure is restructured to use the Packet Framework, @@ -121,6 +136,31 @@ API Changes * If ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`` is set, ``${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/dpdk//config`` * Otherwise, ``/tmp/dpdk//config`` +* eal: The function ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops`` was deprecated + and is removed in 18.08. It shall be replaced by + ``rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops``. + +* mempool: Following functions were deprecated and are removed in 18.08: + + - ``rte_mempool_populate_iova_tab`` + - ``rte_mempool_populate_phys_tab`` + - ``rte_mempool_populate_phys`` (``rte_mempool_populate_iova`` should be used) + - ``rte_mempool_virt2phy`` (``rte_mempool_virt2iova`` should be used) + - ``rte_mempool_xmem_create`` + - ``rte_mempool_xmem_size`` + - ``rte_mempool_xmem_usage`` + +* ethdev: The old offload API is removed: + + - Rx per-port ``rte_eth_conf.rxmode.[bit-fields]`` + - Tx per-queue ``rte_eth_txconf.txq_flags`` + - ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*`` + + The transition bits are removed: + + - ``rte_eth_conf.rxmode.ignore_offload_bitfield`` + - ``ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_IGNORE`` + * cryptodev: In struct ``struct rte_cryptodev_info``, field ``rte_pci_device *pci_dev`` has been replaced with field ``struct rte_device *device``. Value 0 is accepted in ``sym.max_nb_sessions``, meaning that a device @@ -232,8 +272,8 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version. librte_compressdev.so.1 + librte_cryptodev.so.5 librte_distributor.so.1 - librte_eal.so.7 - librte_ethdev.so.9 + + librte_eal.so.8 + + librte_ethdev.so.10 librte_eventdev.so.4 librte_flow_classify.so.1 librte_gro.so.1 @@ -246,7 +286,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version. librte_latencystats.so.1 librte_lpm.so.2 librte_mbuf.so.4 - librte_mempool.so.4 + + librte_mempool.so.5 librte_meter.so.2 librte_metrics.so.1 librte_net.so.1 @@ -307,3 +347,240 @@ Tested Platforms This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it. Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= + +* Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations + + * CPU + + * Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3858 @ 2.00GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4667 v3 @ 2.00GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v2 @ 2.40GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v3 @ 2.20GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8180 CPU @ 2.50GHz + + * OS: + + * CentOS 7.4 + * Fedora 25 + * Fedora 27 + * Fedora 28 + * FreeBSD 11.1 + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 + * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12 + * Wind River Linux 8 + * Ubuntu 14.04 + * Ubuntu 16.04 + * Ubuntu 16.10 + * Ubuntu 17.10 + * Ubuntu 18.04 + + * NICs: + + * Intel(R) 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller + + * Firmware version: 0x61bf0001 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:10fb / 8086:10ed + * Driver version: 5.2.3 (ixgbe) + + * Intel(R) Corporation Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T + + * Firmware version: 0x800003e7 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:15ad / 8086:15a8 + * Driver version: 4.4.6 (ixgbe) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 (4x10G) + + * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c + * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e) + + * Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (4x10G) + + * Firmware version: 3.33 0x80000fd5 0.0.0 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:37d0 / 8086:37cd + * Driver version: 2.4.3 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (2x25G) + + * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:158b / 8086:154c + * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2 (2X40G) + + * Firmware version: 6.01 0x8000321c + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1583 / 8086:154c + * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection + + * Firmware version: 1.63, 0x80000dda + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1521 / 8086:1520 + * Driver version: 5.4.0-k (igb) + +* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations + + * CPU: + + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz + + * OS: + + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo) + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 (Maipo) + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo) + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo) + * Ubuntu 18.04 + * Ubuntu 17.10 + * Ubuntu 16.04 + * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 + + * MLNX_OFED: 4.3-2.0.2.0 + * MLNX_OFED: 4.4-2.0.1.0 + + * NICs: + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1007 + * Firmware version: 2.42.5000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.21.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1019 + * Firmware version: 16.21.1000 and above + +* ARM platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations + + * CPU: + + * Qualcomm ARM 1.1 2500MHz + + * OS: + + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo) + + * NICs: + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.23.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.23.1000 + +* Mellanox BlueField SmartNIC + + * Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC MT416842 (2x25G) + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:a2d2 + * Firmware version: 18.99.3950 + + * SoC ARM cores running OS: + * CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (AltArch) + * Mellanox MLNX_OFED 4.2-1.4.21.0 + + * DPDK application running on ARM cores inside SmartNIC + * Bluefield representors support planned for next release.