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44 * **Added RSS hash and key update to CXGBE PMD.**
46 Support to update RSS hash and key has been added to CXGBE PMD.
48 * **Added CXGBE VF PMD.**
50 CXGBE VF Poll Mode Driver has been added to run DPDK over Chelsio
51 T5/T6 NIC VF instances.
53 * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
55 Updated the sfc_efx driver including the following changes:
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58 * Added support for DROP action in flow API.
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137 librte_bitratestats.so.2
139 librte_bus_fslmc.so.1
144 librte_cryptodev.so.4
145 librte_distributor.so.1
149 librte_flow_classify.so.1
157 librte_latencystats.so.1
170 librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.2
172 librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
173 librte_pmd_vhost.so.2
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