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27 .. This section should contain new features added in this release.
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40 * Enhanced feature bar to do something else.
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45 * Core libs (EAL, mempool, ring, mbuf, buses)
46 * Device abstraction libs and PMDs
48 - cryptodev (lib, PMDs)
49 - eventdev (lib, PMDs)
52 * Apps, Examples, Tools (if significant)
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58 * **Updated Cisco enic driver.**
60 * Added support for VF representors with single-queue Tx/Rx and flow API
61 * Added support for egress PORT_ID action
63 * **Extended flow-perf application.**
65 * Started supporting user order instead of bit mask:
66 Now the user can create any structure of rte_flow
67 using flow performance application with any order,
68 moreover the app also now starts to support inner
69 items matching as well.
70 * Added header modify actions.
72 * Added raw encap/decap actions.
73 * Added VXLAN encap/decap actions.
74 * Added ICMP and ICMP6 matching items.
75 * Added option to set port mask for insertion/deletion:
77 where N represents the hexadecimal bitmask of ports used.
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99 which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release.
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108 * eal: The ``rte_logs`` struct and global symbol was made private
109 and is no longer part of the API.
111 * eal: Made the ``rte_dev_event`` structure private to the EAL as no public API
114 * mem: Removed the unioned field ``phys_addr`` from
115 the structures ``rte_memseg`` and ``rte_memzone``.
116 The field ``iova`` is remaining from the old unions.
118 * mempool: Removed the unioned fields ``phys_addr`` and ``physaddr`` from
119 the structures ``rte_mempool_memhdr`` and ``rte_mempool_objhdr``.
120 The field ``iova`` is remaining from the old unions.
121 The flag name ``MEMPOOL_F_NO_PHYS_CONTIG`` is removed,
122 while the aliased flag ``MEMPOOL_F_NO_IOVA_CONTIG`` is kept.
124 * mbuf: Removed the functions ``rte_mbuf_data_dma_addr*``
125 and the macros ``rte_pktmbuf_mtophys*``.
126 The same functionality is still available with the functions and macros
127 having ``iova`` in their names instead of ``dma_addr`` or ``mtophys``.
129 * mbuf: Removed the unioned field ``buf_physaddr`` from ``rte_mbuf``.
130 The field ``buf_iova`` is remaining from the old union.
132 * mbuf: Removed the unioned field ``refcnt_atomic`` from
133 the structures ``rte_mbuf`` and ``rte_mbuf_ext_shared_info``.
134 The field ``refcnt`` is remaining from the old unions.
136 * pci: Removed the ``rte_kernel_driver`` enum defined in rte_dev.h and
137 replaced with a private enum in the PCI subsystem.
139 * pci: Removed the PCI resources map API from the public API
140 (``pci_map_resource`` and ``pci_unmap_resource``) and moved it to the
141 PCI bus driver along with the PCI resources lists and associated structures
142 (``pci_map``, ``pci_msix_table``, ``mapped_pci_resource`` and
143 ``mapped_pci_res_list``).
145 * ethdev: Removed the ``kdrv`` field in the ethdev ``rte_eth_dev_data``
146 structure as it gave no useful abstracted information to the applications.
148 * ethdev: ``rte_eth_rx_descriptor_done()`` API has been deprecated.
150 * Renamed internal ethdev APIs:
152 * ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process()`` -> ``rte_eth_dev_callback_process()``
153 * ``_rte_eth_dev_reset`` -> ``rte_eth_dev_internal_reset()``
155 * rawdev: Added a structure size parameter to the functions
156 ``rte_rawdev_queue_setup()``, ``rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get()``,
157 ``rte_rawdev_info_get()`` and ``rte_rawdev_configure()``,
158 allowing limited driver type-checking and ABI compatibility.
160 * rawdev: Changed the return type of the function ``rte_dev_info_get()``
161 and the function ``rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get()``
162 from ``void`` to ``int`` allowing the return of error codes from drivers.
164 * bpf: ``RTE_BPF_XTYPE_NUM`` has been dropped from ``rte_bpf_xtype``.
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173 which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release.
174 Start with a scope label like "ethdev:".
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184 * Following device operation function pointers moved
185 from ``struct eth_dev_ops`` to ``struct rte_eth_dev``:
187 * ``eth_rx_queue_count_t rx_queue_count;``
188 * ``eth_rx_descriptor_done_t rx_descriptor_done;``
189 * ``eth_rx_descriptor_status_t rx_descriptor_status;``
190 * ``eth_tx_descriptor_status_t tx_descriptor_status;``
192 * ``struct eth_dev_ops`` is no more accessible by applications,
193 which was already internal data structure.
195 * ``ethdev`` internal functions are marked with ``__rte_internal`` tag.
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216 .. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested
221 * <vendor> platform with <vendor> <type of devices> combinations
226 * Other relevant details...
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