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44 * **Added Generic Flow API support to enic.**
46 Flow API support for outer Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, SCTP, VxLAN
47 and inner Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP and TCP pattern items with QUEUE,
48 MARK, FLAG and VOID actions for ingress traffic.
50 * **Added support for Chelsio T6 family of adapters**
52 CXGBE PMD updated to run Chelsio T6 family of adapters.
54 * **Added latency and performance improvements for cxgbe**
56 TX and RX path reworked to improve performance. Also reduced latency
59 * **Updated bnxt PMD.**
61 Major enhancements include:
62 * Support MTU modification.
64 * Support VLAN filter and strip functionality.
65 * Other enhancements to add support for more dev_ops.
66 * Add PMD specific APIs mainly to control VF from PF.
67 * Update HWRM version to 1.7.7
69 * **Added support for Rx interrupts on mlx4 driver.**
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