i40e: enable DCB in VMDQ VSIs

[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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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
   Added support for sw-firmware sync for resource sharing.
   Use the PHY token, shared between sw-fw for PHY access on X550EM_a.
 
+* **Updated the i40e base driver.**
+
+  The i40e base driver was updated with changes including the
+  following:
+
+  * Use Rx control AQ commands to read/write Rx control registers.
+  * Add new X722 device IDs, and removed X710 one was never used.
+  * Expose registers for HASH/FD input set configuring.
+
 * **Enabled PCI extended tag for i40e.**
 
   It enabled extended tag by checking and writing corresponding PCI config
@@ -137,6 +146,10 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
 * **Supported ether type setting of single and double VLAN for i40e**
 
+* **Added VMDQ DCB mode in i40e.**
+
+  Added support for DCB in VMDQ mode to i40e driver.
+
 * **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.
@@ -224,6 +237,12 @@ Drivers
   It generates a MAC address for each VFs during PF host initialization,
   and keeps the VF MAC address the same among different VF launch.
 
+* **i40e: Fixed failure of reading/writing Rx control registers.**
+
+  Fixed i40e issue of failing to read/write rx control registers when
+  under stress with traffic, which might result in application launch
+  failure.
+
 * **aesni_mb: Fixed wrong return value when creating a device.**
 
   cryptodev_aesni_mb_init() was returning the device id of the device created,