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[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_19_11.rst

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@@ -56,16 +56,31 @@ New Features
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+* **FreeBSD now supports `--base-virtaddr` EAL option.**
+
+  FreeBSD version now also supports setting base virtual address for mapping
+  pages and resources into its address space.
+

 * **Added Lock-free Stack for aarch64.**
 
   The lock-free stack implementation is enabled for aarch64 platforms.
 
 * **Added Lock-free Stack for aarch64.**
 
   The lock-free stack implementation is enabled for aarch64 platforms.
 

+* **Updated the enic driver.**
+
+  * Added support for Geneve with options offload.
+  * Added flow API implementation based on VIC Flow Manager API.
+

 * **Added Hisilicon hns3 PMD.**
 
   Added the new ``hns3`` net driver for the inbuilt Hisilicon Network
   Subsystem 3(HNS3) network engine found in the Hisilicon Kunpeng 920 SoC.
   See the :doc:`../nics/hns3` guide for more details on this new driver.
 
 * **Added Hisilicon hns3 PMD.**
 
   Added the new ``hns3`` net driver for the inbuilt Hisilicon Network
   Subsystem 3(HNS3) network engine found in the Hisilicon Kunpeng 920 SoC.
   See the :doc:`../nics/hns3` guide for more details on this new driver.
 

+* **Added NXP PFE PMD.**
+
+  Added the new PFE driver for the NXP LS1012A platform. See the
+  :doc:`../nics/pfe` NIC driver guide for more details on this new driver.
+

 * **Updated the Intel e1000 driver.**
 
   Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag.
 * **Updated the Intel e1000 driver.**
 
   Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag.


@@ -96,6 +111,16 @@ New Features
   Added session-less option to cryptodev asymmetric structure. It works the same
   way as symmetric crypto, corresponding xform is used directly by the crypto op.
 
   Added session-less option to cryptodev asymmetric structure. It works the same
   way as symmetric crypto, corresponding xform is used directly by the crypto op.
 

+* **Updated the Huawei hinic driver.**
+
+  Updated the Huawei hinic driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * Enabled SR-IOV - Partially supported at this point, VFIO only.
+  * Supported VLAN filter and VLAN offload.
+  * Supported Unicast MAC filter and Multicast MAC filter.
+  * Supported Flow director for LACP, VRRP, BGP and so on.
+  * Supported FW version get.
+

 * **Added Marvell NITROX symmetric crypto PMD.**
 
   Added a symmetric crypto PMD for Marvell NITROX V security processor.
 * **Added Marvell NITROX symmetric crypto PMD.**
 
   Added a symmetric crypto PMD for Marvell NITROX V security processor.


@@ -106,6 +131,12 @@ New Features
   Added support for asymmetric operations in Marvell OCTEON TX cypto PMD.
   Supports RSA and modexp operations.
 
   Added support for asymmetric operations in Marvell OCTEON TX cypto PMD.
   Supports RSA and modexp operations.
 

+* **Added Marvell OCTEON TX2 crypto PMD**
+
+  Added a new PMD driver for h/w crypto offload block on ``OCTEON TX2`` SoC.
+
+  See :doc:`../cryptodevs/octeontx2` for more details
+

 * **Updated NXP crypto PMDs for PDCP support.**
 
   PDCP support is added to DPAA_SEC and DPAA2_SEC PMDs using rte_security APIs.
 * **Updated NXP crypto PMDs for PDCP support.**
 
   PDCP support is added to DPAA_SEC and DPAA2_SEC PMDs using rte_security APIs.


@@ -119,11 +150,29 @@ New Features
   classic 2-pass mode when running on QAT GEN3, significantly improving
   the performance of AES GCM operations.
 
   classic 2-pass mode when running on QAT GEN3, significantly improving
   the performance of AES GCM operations.
 

+* **Updated the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) asymmetric crypto PMD.**
+
+  * Added support for asymmetric session-less operations.
+  * Added support for RSA algorithm with pair (n, d) private key representation.
+  * Added support for RSA algorithm with quintuple private key representation.
+

 * **Updated the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) compression PMD.**
 
   Added stateful decompression support in the Intel QuickAssist Technology PMD.
   Please note that stateful compression is not supported.
 
 * **Updated the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) compression PMD.**
 
   Added stateful decompression support in the Intel QuickAssist Technology PMD.
   Please note that stateful compression is not supported.
 

+* **Added external buffers support for dpdk-test-compress-perf tool.**
+
+  Added a command line option to dpdk-test-compress-perf tool to allocate
+  and use memory zones as external buffers instead of keeping the data directly
+  in mbuf areas.
+
+* **Updated the IPSec library.**
+
+  Added SA Database API to ``librte_ipsec``. A new test-sad application is also
+  introduced to evaluate and perform custom functional and performance tests
+  for IPsec SAD implementation.
+

 * **Introduced FIFO for NTB PMD.**
 
   Introduced FIFO for NTB (Non-transparent Bridge) PMD to support
 * **Introduced FIFO for NTB PMD.**
 
   Introduced FIFO for NTB (Non-transparent Bridge) PMD to support


@@ -134,6 +183,11 @@ New Features
   Added eBPF JIT support for arm64 architecture to improve the eBPF program
   performance.
 
   Added eBPF JIT support for arm64 architecture to improve the eBPF program
   performance.
 

+* **Updated testpmd.**
+
+  * Added a console command to testpmd app, ``show port (port_id) ptypes`` which
+    gives ability to print port supported ptypes in different protocol layers.
+

 
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