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2 Copyright 2019 The DPDK contributors
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26 .. This section should contain new features added in this release.
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39 * Enhanced feature bar to do something else.
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43 Suggested order in release notes items:
44 * Core libs (EAL, mempool, ring, mbuf, buses)
45 * Device abstraction libs and PMDs
47 - cryptodev (lib, PMDs)
48 - eventdev (lib, PMDs)
51 * Apps, Examples, Tools (if significant)
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57 * **Updated the EAL Pseudo-random Number Generator.**
59 The lrand48()-based rte_rand() function is replaced with a
60 DPDK-native combined Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR)
61 pseudo-random number generator (PRNG).
63 This new PRNG implementation is multi-thread safe, provides
64 higher-quality pseudo-random numbers (including full 64 bit
65 support) and improved performance.
67 In addition, <rte_random.h> is extended with a new function
68 rte_rand_max() which supplies unbiased, bounded pseudo-random
71 * **Updated the bnxt PMD.**
73 Updated the bnxt PMD. The major enhancements include:
75 * Performance optimizations in non-vector Tx path
76 * Added support for SSE vector mode
77 * Updated HWRM API to version 1.10.0.74
79 * **Added support for Broadcom NetXtreme-E BCM57500 Ethernet controllers.**
81 Added support to the bnxt PMD for the BCM57500 (a.k.a. "Thor") family
82 of Ethernet controllers. These controllers support link speeds up to
83 200Gbps, 50G PAM-4, and PCIe 4.0.
85 * **Added hinic PMD.**
87 Added the new ``hinic`` net driver for Huawei Intelligent PCIE Network
88 Adapters based on the Huawei Ethernet Controller Hi1822.
89 See the :doc:`../nics/hinic` guide for more details on this new driver.
91 * **Updated the ice driver.**
93 Updated ice driver with new features and improvements, including:
95 * Enabled Tx outer/inner L3/L4 checksum offload.
97 * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
99 Updated the Solarflare ``sfc_efx`` driver with changes including:
101 * Added support for Rx interrupts.
103 * **Added memif PMD.**
105 Added the new Shared Memory Packet Interface (``memif``) PMD.
106 See the :doc:`../nics/memif` guide for more details on this new driver.
108 * **Updated the AF_XDP PMD.**
110 Updated the AF_XDP PMD. The new features include:
112 * Enabled zero copy through mbuf's external memory mechanism to achieve
114 * Added multi-queue support to allow one af_xdp vdev with multiple netdev
116 * Enabled need_wakeup feature which can provide efficient support for case
117 that application and driver executing on the same core.
119 * **Updated telemetry library for global metrics support.**
121 Updated ``librte_telemetry`` to fetch the global metrics from the
122 ``librte_metrics`` library.
124 * **Added new telemetry mode for l3fwd-power application.**
126 Added telemetry mode to l3fwd-power application to report
127 application level busyness, empty and full polls of rte_eth_rx_burst().
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142 * Removed KNI ethtool, CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL, support.
144 * build: armv8 crypto extension is disabled.
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153 which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release.
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158 This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
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162 * The network structures, definitions and functions have
163 been prefixed by ``rte_`` to resolve conflicts with libc headers.
165 * malloc: The function ``rte_malloc_set_limit`` was never implemented
166 is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
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185 Shared Library Versions
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198 The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
204 librte_bitratestats.so.2
207 librte_bus_fslmc.so.2
208 librte_bus_ifpga.so.2
211 librte_bus_vmbus.so.2
214 librte_compressdev.so.1
215 librte_cryptodev.so.7
216 librte_distributor.so.1
221 librte_flow_classify.so.1
230 librte_latencystats.so.1
244 librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.2
245 librte_pmd_dpaa2_qdma.so.1
247 librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
248 librte_pmd_vhost.so.2
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291 * Other relevant details...
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