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46 * Core libs (EAL, mempool, ring, mbuf, buses)
47 * Device abstraction libs and PMDs
49 - cryptodev (lib, PMDs)
50 - eventdev (lib, PMDs)
53 * Apps, Examples, Tools (if significant)
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57 =========================================================
59 * **Updated the Intel ice driver.**
61 Updated the Intel ice driver with new features and improvements, including:
63 * Added support for device-specific DDP package loading.
64 * Added support for handling Receive Flex Descriptor.
65 * Added support for protocol extraction on per Rx queue.
67 * **Added Marvell NITROX symmetric crypto PMD.**
69 Added a symmetric crypto PMD for Marvell NITROX V security processor.
70 See the :doc:`../cryptodevs/nitrox` guide for more details on this new
72 * **Updated NXP crypto PMDs for PDCP support.**
74 PDCP support is added to DPAA_SEC and DPAA2_SEC PMDs using rte_security APIs.
75 Support is added for all sequence number sizes for control and user plane.
76 Test application is updated for unit testing.
78 * **Enabled Single Pass GCM acceleration on QAT GEN3.**
80 Added support for Single Pass GCM, available on QAT GEN3 only (Intel
81 QuickAssist Technology C4xxx). It is automatically chosen instead of the
82 classic 2-pass mode when running on QAT GEN3, significantly improving
83 the performance of AES GCM operations.
85 * **Updated the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) compression PMD.**
87 Added stateful decompression support in the Intel QuickAssist Technology PMD.
88 Please note that stateful compression is not supported.
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103 * Removed duplicated set of commands for RX offloading configuration from app/testpmd:
104 “port config all crc-strip|scatter|rx-cksum|rx-timestamp|hw-vlan|hw-vlan-filter|
105 hw-vlan-strip|hw-vlan-extend on|off”.
107 The testpmd commands set that can be used instead in order to enable or disable Rx
108 offloading on all Rx queues of a port is:
109 "port config <port_id> rx_offload crc_strip|scatter|ipv4_cksum|udp_cksum|tcp_cksum|
110 timestamp|vlan_strip|vlan_filter|vlan_extend on|off"
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128 * ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_dev_infos_get`` return value from ``void`` to
129 ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions.
131 * ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_promiscuous_enable`` and
132 ``rte_eth_promiscuous_disable`` return value from ``void`` to ``int`` to
133 provide a way to report various error conditions.
135 * ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_allmulticast_enable`` and
136 ``rte_eth_allmulticast_disable`` return value from ``void`` to ``int`` to
137 provide a way to report various error conditions.
139 * ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_dev_xstats_reset`` return value from ``void`` to
140 ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions.
142 * ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_link_get`` and ``rte_eth_link_get_nowait``
143 return value from ``void`` to ``int`` to provide a way to report various
146 * ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_macaddr_get`` return value from ``void`` to
147 ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions.
149 * ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_dev_owner_delete`` return value from ``void`` to
150 ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions.
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182 The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
188 librte_bitratestats.so.2
191 librte_bus_fslmc.so.2
192 librte_bus_ifpga.so.2
195 librte_bus_vmbus.so.2
198 librte_compressdev.so.1
199 librte_cryptodev.so.8
200 librte_distributor.so.1
203 + librte_ethdev.so.13
205 librte_flow_classify.so.1
214 librte_latencystats.so.1
228 librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.2
229 librte_pmd_dpaa2_qdma.so.1
231 librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
232 librte_pmd_vhost.so.2
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275 * Other relevant details...
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281 * **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
283 Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
285 * Added support for VLAN pop flow offload command.
286 * Added support for VLAN push flow offload command.
287 * Added support for VLAN set PCP offload command.
288 * Added support for VLAN set VID offload command.