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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 Broadcom bnxt driver.**
60 Updated the Broadcom bnxt driver with new features and improvements, including:
62 * Added support for 200G PAM4 link speed.
64 * **Updated Cisco enic driver.**
66 * Added support for VF representors with single-queue Tx/Rx and flow API
67 * Added support for egress PORT_ID action
68 * Added support for non-zero priorities for group 0 flows
69 * Added support for VXLAN decap combined with VLAN pop
71 * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
73 Updated the Solarflare ``sfc_efx`` driver with changes including:
75 * Added SR-IOV PF support
77 * **Updated Virtio driver.**
79 * Changed default link speed to unknown.
80 * Added support for 200G link speed.
82 * **Extended flow-perf application.**
84 * Started supporting user order instead of bit mask:
85 Now the user can create any structure of rte_flow
86 using flow performance application with any order,
87 moreover the app also now starts to support inner
88 items matching as well.
89 * Added header modify actions.
91 * Added raw encap/decap actions.
92 * Added VXLAN encap/decap actions.
93 * Added ICMP and ICMP6 matching items.
94 * Added option to set port mask for insertion/deletion:
96 where N represents the hexadecimal bitmask of ports used.
98 * **Updated the pipeline library for alignment with the P4 language.**
100 Added new Software Switch (SWX) pipeline type that provides more
101 flexibility through API and feature alignment with the P4 language.
103 * The packet headers, meta-data, actions, tables and pipelines are
104 dynamically defined instead of selected from pre-defined set.
105 * The actions and the pipeline are defined with instructions.
106 * Extern objects and functions can be plugged into the pipeline.
107 * Transaction-oriented table updates.
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129 which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release.
130 Start with a scope label like "ethdev:".
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138 * build macros: The macros defining ``RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_*`` are removed.
139 The information provided by these macros is available through standard
142 * eal: The ``rte_logs`` struct and global symbol was made private
143 and is no longer part of the API.
145 * eal: Made the ``rte_dev_event`` structure private to the EAL as no public API
148 * eal: ``rte_cio_rmb()`` and ``rte_cio_wmb()`` were deprecated since 20.08
149 and are removed in this release.
151 * mem: Removed the unioned field ``phys_addr`` from
152 the structures ``rte_memseg`` and ``rte_memzone``.
153 The field ``iova`` is remaining from the old unions.
155 * mempool: Removed the unioned fields ``phys_addr`` and ``physaddr`` from
156 the structures ``rte_mempool_memhdr`` and ``rte_mempool_objhdr``.
157 The field ``iova`` is remaining from the old unions.
158 The flag name ``MEMPOOL_F_NO_PHYS_CONTIG`` is removed,
159 while the aliased flag ``MEMPOOL_F_NO_IOVA_CONTIG`` is kept.
161 * mbuf: Removed the functions ``rte_mbuf_data_dma_addr*``
162 and the macros ``rte_pktmbuf_mtophys*``.
163 The same functionality is still available with the functions and macros
164 having ``iova`` in their names instead of ``dma_addr`` or ``mtophys``.
166 * mbuf: Removed the unioned field ``buf_physaddr`` from ``rte_mbuf``.
167 The field ``buf_iova`` is remaining from the old union.
169 * mbuf: Removed the unioned field ``refcnt_atomic`` from
170 the structures ``rte_mbuf`` and ``rte_mbuf_ext_shared_info``.
171 The field ``refcnt`` is remaining from the old unions.
173 * pci: Removed the ``rte_kernel_driver`` enum defined in rte_dev.h and
174 replaced with a private enum in the PCI subsystem.
176 * pci: Removed the PCI resources map API from the public API
177 (``pci_map_resource`` and ``pci_unmap_resource``) and moved it to the
178 PCI bus driver along with the PCI resources lists and associated structures
179 (``pci_map``, ``pci_msix_table``, ``mapped_pci_resource`` and
180 ``mapped_pci_res_list``).
182 * ethdev: Removed the ``kdrv`` field in the ethdev ``rte_eth_dev_data``
183 structure as it gave no useful abstracted information to the applications.
185 * ethdev: ``rte_eth_rx_descriptor_done()`` API has been deprecated.
187 * Renamed internal ethdev APIs:
189 * ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process()`` -> ``rte_eth_dev_callback_process()``
190 * ``_rte_eth_dev_reset`` -> ``rte_eth_dev_internal_reset()``
192 * vhost: Moved vDPA APIs from experimental to stable.
194 * rawdev: Added a structure size parameter to the functions
195 ``rte_rawdev_queue_setup()``, ``rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get()``,
196 ``rte_rawdev_info_get()`` and ``rte_rawdev_configure()``,
197 allowing limited driver type-checking and ABI compatibility.
199 * rawdev: Changed the return type of the function ``rte_dev_info_get()``
200 and the function ``rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get()``
201 from ``void`` to ``int`` allowing the return of error codes from drivers.
203 * bpf: ``RTE_BPF_XTYPE_NUM`` has been dropped from ``rte_bpf_xtype``.
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212 which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release.
213 Start with a scope label like "ethdev:".
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223 * Following device operation function pointers moved
224 from ``struct eth_dev_ops`` to ``struct rte_eth_dev``:
226 * ``eth_rx_queue_count_t rx_queue_count;``
227 * ``eth_rx_descriptor_done_t rx_descriptor_done;``
228 * ``eth_rx_descriptor_status_t rx_descriptor_status;``
229 * ``eth_tx_descriptor_status_t tx_descriptor_status;``
231 * ``struct eth_dev_ops`` is no more accessible by applications,
232 which was already internal data structure.
234 * ``ethdev`` internal functions are marked with ``__rte_internal`` tag.
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255 .. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested
260 * <vendor> platform with <vendor> <type of devices> combinations
265 * Other relevant details...
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