X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_19_11.rst;h=c14a08af4f803b99658b70f43a5a96286c7949b2;hb=4958ca3a443a33ed49b2601232349037dbb7124f;hp=24470a3f13f7356b85ba1e973d2b54cb2c1b67c0;hpb=f5cafa961fae4163a3ccda3bcd63207abdaaa307;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst index 24470a3f13..c14a08af4f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst @@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ New Features The lock-free stack implementation is enabled for aarch64 platforms. +* **Added support of dynamic fields and flags in mbuf.** + + This new feature adds the ability to dynamically register some room + for a field or a flag in the mbuf structure. This is typically used + for specific offload features, where adding a static field or flag + in the mbuf is not justified. + * **Updated the enic driver.** * Added support for Geneve with options offload. @@ -81,6 +88,10 @@ New Features Added the new PFE driver for the NXP LS1012A platform. See the :doc:`../nics/pfe` NIC driver guide for more details on this new driver. +* **Updated iavf PMD.** + + Enable AVX2 data path for iavf PMD. + * **Updated the Intel e1000 driver.** Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. @@ -118,6 +129,8 @@ New Features * Generic filter enhancement - Supported pipeline mode. - Supported new packet type like PPPoE for switch filter. + * Supported input set change and symmetric hash by rte_flow RSS action. + * Added support for GTP Tx checksum offload. * **Added cryptodev asymmetric session-less operation.** @@ -134,6 +147,23 @@ New Features * Supported Flow director for LACP, VRRP, BGP and so on. * Supported FW version get. +* **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. + * Added support for matching on packets withe Geneve tunnel header. + +* **Updated the AF_XDP PMD.** + + Updated the AF_XDP PMD. The new features include: + + * Enabled zero copy between application mempools and UMEM by enabling the + XDP_UMEM_UNALIGNED_CHUNKS UMEM flag. + * **Added Marvell NITROX symmetric crypto PMD.** Added a symmetric crypto PMD for Marvell NITROX V security processor. @@ -226,6 +256,8 @@ Removed Items ipv4_cksum|udp_cksum|tcp_cksum|timestamp| vlan_strip|vlan_filter|vlan_extend on|off +* Removed AF_XDP pmd_zero copy vdev argument. Support is now auto-detected. + API Changes ----------- @@ -271,6 +303,11 @@ API Changes has been introduced in this release is used when used when all the packets enqueued in the tx adapter are destined for the same Ethernet port & Tx queue. +* sched: The pipe nodes configuration parameters such as number of pipes, + pipe queue sizes, pipe profiles, etc., are moved from port level structure + to subport level. This allows different subports of the same port to + have different configuration for the pipe nodes. + ABI Changes ----------- @@ -358,7 +395,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version. librte_rcu.so.1 librte_reorder.so.1 librte_ring.so.2 - librte_sched.so.3 + + librte_sched.so.4 librte_security.so.2 librte_stack.so.1 librte_table.so.3 @@ -400,12 +437,3 @@ Tested Platforms Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= -* **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. -