doc: add packet framework release notes

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_16_04.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
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@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
   A new function ``rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk()`` has been added to allow the user
   to allocate a bulk of mbufs.
 
+* **Restored vmxnet3 Tx data ring.**
+
+  Tx data ring has been shown to improve small pkt forwarding performance
+  on vSphere environment.
+
+* **Added vmxnet3 Tx L4 checksum offload.**
+
+  Support TCP/UDP checksum offload.
+
+* **Added vmxnet3 TSO support.**
+
+* **Added vmxnet3 support for jumbo frames.**
+
+  Added support for linking multi-segment buffers together to
+  handle Jumbo packets.
+
 * **Virtio 1.0.**
 
   Enabled virtio 1.0 support for virtio pmd driver.
@@ -181,6 +197,20 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
   Only available with Mellanox OFED >= 3.2.
 
+* **Changed szedata2 type of driver from vdev to pdev.**
+
+  Previously szedata2 device had to be added by ``--vdev`` option.
+  Now szedata2 PMD recognises the device automatically during EAL
+  initialization.
+
+* **Added szedata2 functions for setting link up/down.**
+
+* **Added szedata2 promiscuous and allmulticast modes.**
+
+* **Added af_packet dynamic removal function.**
+
+  Af_packet device can now be detached using API, like other PMD devices.
+
 * **Increased number of next hops for LPM IPv4 to 2^24.**
 
   The next_hop field is extended from 8 bits to 24 bits for IPv4.
@@ -205,6 +235,15 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
   Added new Crypto PMD to support null crypto operations in SW.
 
+* **Improved IP Pipeline Application.**
+
+  The following features have been added to ip_pipeline application;
+
+  * Added CPU utilization measurement and idle cycle rate computation.
+  * Added link idenfication support through existing port-mask option or by
+    specifying PCI device in every LINK section in the configuration file.
+  * Added load balancing support in passthrough pipeline.
+
 * **Added IPsec security gateway example.**
 
   New application implementing an IPsec Security Gateway.
@@ -274,6 +313,23 @@ Drivers
   under stress with traffic, which might result in application launch
   failure.
 
+* **mlx5: Fixed possible crash during initialization.**
+
+  A crash could occur when failing to allocate private device context.
+
+* **mlx5: Added port type check.**
+
+  Done to prevent port initialization on non-Ethernet link layers and
+  to report an error.
+
+* **mlx5: Applied VLAN filtering to broadcast and IPv6 multicast flows.**
+
+  Prevented reception of multicast frames outside of configured VLANs.
+
+* **mlx5: Fixed RX checksum offload in non L3/L4 packets.**
+
+  Fixed report of bad checksum for packets of unknown type.
+
 * **aesni_mb: Fixed wrong return value when creating a device.**
 
   cryptodev_aesni_mb_init() was returning the device id of the device created,
@@ -295,6 +351,10 @@ Libraries
   Fix crc32c hash functions to return a valid crc32c value for data lengths
   not multiple of 4 bytes.
 
+* **librte_port: Fixed segmentation fault for ring and ethdev writer nodrop.**
+
+  Fixed core dump issue on txq and swq when dropless is set to yes.
+
 
 Examples
 ~~~~~~~~
@@ -348,6 +408,9 @@ This section should contain API changes. Sample format:
 * A parameter ``vlan_type`` has been added to the function
   ``rte_eth_dev_set_vlan_ether_type``.
 
+* AF_packet device init function is no longer public. Device should be attached
+  with API.
+
 * The LPM ``next_hop`` field is extended from 8 bits to 24 bits for IPv4
   while keeping ABI compatibility.