config: enable i40e vector driver

[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
index b030a1b..79d76e1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
 * **Added i40e VEB switching support.**
 
+* **Added Flow director enhancements in i40e.**
+
 * **Added PF reset event reporting in i40e VF driver.**
 
 * **Added fm10k Rx interrupt support.**
@@ -209,6 +211,33 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
   Only available with Mellanox OFED >= 3.2.
 
+* **Added mlx5 link up/down callbacks.**
+
+  Implemented callbacks to bring link up and down.
+
+* **Added mlx5 support for operation in secondary processes.**
+
+  Implemented TX support in secondary processes (like mlx4).
+
+* **Added mlx5 RX CRC stripping configuration.**
+
+  Until now, CRC was always stripped. It can now be configured.
+
+  Only available with Mellanox OFED >= 3.2.
+
+* **Added mlx5 optional packet padding by HW.**
+
+  Added an option to make PCI bus transactions rounded to multiple of a
+  cache line size for better alignment.
+
+  Only available with Mellanox OFED >= 3.2.
+
+* **Added mlx5 TX VLAN insertion support.**
+
+  Added support for TX VLAN insertion.
+
+  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.
@@ -314,6 +343,12 @@ Drivers
   The driver now set the MDIO clock speed prior to initializing PHY ops and
   again after the MAC reset.
 
+* **ixgbe: Fixed maximum number of available TX queues.**
+
+  In IXGBE, the maximum number of TX queues varies depending on the NIC operating
+  mode. This was not being updated in the device information, providing
+  an incorrect number in some cases.
+
 * **i40e: Generated MAC address for each VFs.**
 
   It generates a MAC address for each VFs during PF host initialization,
@@ -325,6 +360,12 @@ Drivers
   under stress with traffic, which might result in application launch
   failure.
 
+* **i40e: Enabled vector driver by default.**
+
+  Previously, vector driver is disabled by default as it cannot fill packet type
+  info for l3fwd to work well. Now there is an option for l3fwd to analysis
+  packet type softly, so enable vector driver by default.
+
 * **mlx5: Fixed possible crash during initialization.**
 
   A crash could occur when failing to allocate private device context.
@@ -377,6 +418,11 @@ Examples
   other than IPv4 or IPv6, the mbuf was not released, and caused
   a memory leak.
 
+* **l3fwd: Fixed using packet type blindly.**
+
+  l3fwd makes use of packet type information without even query if devices or PMDs
+  really set it. For those don't set ptypes, add an option to parse it softly.
+
 * **examples/vhost: Fixed frequent mbuf allocation failure.**
 
   vhost-switch often fails to allocate mbuf when dequeue from vring because it
@@ -449,6 +495,9 @@ ABI Changes
 * The RETA entry size in ``rte_eth_rss_reta_entry64`` has been increased
   from 8-bit to 16-bit.
 
+* The ethdev flow director structure ``rte_eth_fdir_flow`` structure was
+  changed. New fields were added to extend flow director's input set.
+
 * The cmdline buffer size has been increase from 256 to 512.