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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 * Added support for Vhost-vDPA backend to Virtio-user PMD.
80 * Changed default link speed to unknown.
81 * Added support for 200G link speed.
83 * **Added Ice Lake (Gen4) support for Intel NTB.**
85 Added NTB device support (4th generation) for Intel Ice Lake platform.
87 * **Added UDP/IPv4 GRO support for VxLAN and non-VxLAN packets.**
89 For VxLAN packets, added inner UDP/IPv4 support.
90 For non-VxLAN packets, added UDP/IPv4 support.
92 * **Extended flow-perf application.**
94 * Started supporting user order instead of bit mask:
95 Now the user can create any structure of rte_flow
96 using flow performance application with any order,
97 moreover the app also now starts to support inner
98 items matching as well.
99 * Added header modify actions.
101 * Added raw encap/decap actions.
102 * Added VXLAN encap/decap actions.
103 * Added ICMP and ICMP6 matching items.
104 * Added option to set port mask for insertion/deletion:
106 where N represents the hexadecimal bitmask of ports used.
108 * **Updated ioat rawdev driver**
110 The ioat rawdev driver has been updated and enhanced. Changes include:
112 * Added a per-device configuration flag to disable management
113 of user-provided completion handles.
114 * Renamed the ``rte_ioat_do_copies()`` API to ``rte_ioat_perform_ops()``,
115 and renamed the ``rte_ioat_completed_copies()`` API to ``rte_ioat_completed_ops()``
116 to better reflect the APIs' purposes, and remove the implication that
117 they are limited to copy operations only.
118 [Note: The old API is still provided but marked as deprecated in the code]
119 * Added a new API ``rte_ioat_fence()`` to add a fence between operations.
120 This API replaces the ``fence`` flag parameter in the ``rte_ioat_enqueue_copies()`` function,
121 and is clearer as there is no ambiguity as to whether the flag should be
122 set on the last operation before the fence or the first operation after it.
124 * **Updated the pipeline library for alignment with the P4 language.**
126 Added new Software Switch (SWX) pipeline type that provides more
127 flexibility through API and feature alignment with the P4 language.
129 * The packet headers, meta-data, actions, tables and pipelines are
130 dynamically defined instead of selected from pre-defined set.
131 * The actions and the pipeline are defined with instructions.
132 * Extern objects and functions can be plugged into the pipeline.
133 * Transaction-oriented table updates.
139 .. This section should contain removed items in this release. Sample format:
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148 * vhost: Dequeue zero-copy support has been removed.
150 * kernel: The module ``igb_uio`` has been moved to the git repository
151 ``dpdk-kmods`` in a new directory ``linux/igb_uio``.
153 * Removed Python 2 support since it was EOL'd in January 2020.
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161 which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release.
162 Start with a scope label like "ethdev:".
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170 * build macros: The macros defining ``RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_*`` are removed.
171 The information provided by these macros is available through standard
174 * eal: The ``rte_logs`` struct and global symbol was made private
175 and is no longer part of the API.
177 * eal: Made the ``rte_dev_event`` structure private to the EAL as no public API
180 * eal: ``rte_cio_rmb()`` and ``rte_cio_wmb()`` were deprecated since 20.08
181 and are removed in this release.
183 * mem: Removed the unioned field ``phys_addr`` from
184 the structures ``rte_memseg`` and ``rte_memzone``.
185 The field ``iova`` is remaining from the old unions.
187 * mempool: Removed the unioned fields ``phys_addr`` and ``physaddr`` from
188 the structures ``rte_mempool_memhdr`` and ``rte_mempool_objhdr``.
189 The field ``iova`` is remaining from the old unions.
190 The flag name ``MEMPOOL_F_NO_PHYS_CONTIG`` is removed,
191 while the aliased flag ``MEMPOOL_F_NO_IOVA_CONTIG`` is kept.
193 * mbuf: Removed the functions ``rte_mbuf_data_dma_addr*``
194 and the macros ``rte_pktmbuf_mtophys*``.
195 The same functionality is still available with the functions and macros
196 having ``iova`` in their names instead of ``dma_addr`` or ``mtophys``.
198 * mbuf: Removed the unioned field ``buf_physaddr`` from ``rte_mbuf``.
199 The field ``buf_iova`` is remaining from the old union.
201 * mbuf: Removed the unioned field ``refcnt_atomic`` from
202 the structures ``rte_mbuf`` and ``rte_mbuf_ext_shared_info``.
203 The field ``refcnt`` is remaining from the old unions.
205 * pci: Removed the ``rte_kernel_driver`` enum defined in rte_dev.h and
206 replaced with a private enum in the PCI subsystem.
208 * pci: Removed the PCI resources map API from the public API
209 (``pci_map_resource`` and ``pci_unmap_resource``) and moved it to the
210 PCI bus driver along with the PCI resources lists and associated structures
211 (``pci_map``, ``pci_msix_table``, ``mapped_pci_resource`` and
212 ``mapped_pci_res_list``).
214 * ethdev: Removed the ``kdrv`` field in the ethdev ``rte_eth_dev_data``
215 structure as it gave no useful abstracted information to the applications.
217 * ethdev: ``rte_eth_rx_descriptor_done()`` API has been deprecated.
219 * Renamed internal ethdev APIs:
221 * ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process()`` -> ``rte_eth_dev_callback_process()``
222 * ``_rte_eth_dev_reset`` -> ``rte_eth_dev_internal_reset()``
224 * vhost: Moved vDPA APIs from experimental to stable.
226 * rawdev: Added a structure size parameter to the functions
227 ``rte_rawdev_queue_setup()``, ``rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get()``,
228 ``rte_rawdev_info_get()`` and ``rte_rawdev_configure()``,
229 allowing limited driver type-checking and ABI compatibility.
231 * rawdev: Changed the return type of the function ``rte_dev_info_get()``
232 and the function ``rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get()``
233 from ``void`` to ``int`` allowing the return of error codes from drivers.
235 * rawdev: The running of a drivers ``selftest()`` function can now be done
236 using the ``rawdev_autotest`` command in the ``dpdk-test`` binary. This
237 command now calls the self-test function for each rawdev found on the
238 system, and does not require a specific command per device type.
239 Following this change, the ``ioat_rawdev_autotest`` command has been
240 removed as no longer needed.
242 * raw/ioat: As noted above, the ``rte_ioat_do_copies()`` and
243 ``rte_ioat_completed_copies()`` functions have been renamed to
244 ``rte_ioat_perform_ops()`` and ``rte_ioat_completed_ops()`` respectively.
246 * stack: the experimental tag has been dropped from the stack library, and its
247 interfaces are considered stable as of DPDK 20.11.
249 * bpf: ``RTE_BPF_XTYPE_NUM`` has been dropped from ``rte_bpf_xtype``.
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269 * Following device operation function pointers moved
270 from ``struct eth_dev_ops`` to ``struct rte_eth_dev``:
272 * ``eth_rx_queue_count_t rx_queue_count;``
273 * ``eth_rx_descriptor_done_t rx_descriptor_done;``
274 * ``eth_rx_descriptor_status_t rx_descriptor_status;``
275 * ``eth_tx_descriptor_status_t tx_descriptor_status;``
277 * ``struct eth_dev_ops`` is no more accessible by applications,
278 which was already internal data structure.
280 * ``ethdev`` internal functions are marked with ``__rte_internal`` tag.
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301 .. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested
306 * <vendor> platform with <vendor> <type of devices> combinations
311 * Other relevant details...
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