doc: update release notes and guide for enic

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_16_07.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
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@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ New Features
 
   The size of the mempool structure is reduced if the per-lcore cache is disabled.
 
+* **Added mempool external cache for non-EAL thread.**
+
+   Added new functions to create, free or flush a user-owned mempool
+   cache for non-EAL threads. Previously, cache was always disabled
+   on these threads.
+
 * **Changed the memory allocation in mempool library.**
 
   * Added ability to allocate a large mempool in virtually fragmented memory.
@@ -53,6 +59,8 @@ New Features
   "Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this
   new driver.
 
+* **Added new driver for ThunderX nicvf device.**
+
 * **Added mailbox interrupt support for ixgbe and igb VFs.**
 
   When the physical NIC link comes down or up, the PF driver will send a
@@ -60,17 +68,39 @@ New Features
   add mailbox interrupts support to receive the message and allow the app to
   register a callback for it.
 
+* **Updated the ixgbe base driver.**
+
+  The ixgbe base driver was updated with changes including the
+  following:
+
+  * Added sgmii link for X550.
+  * Added mac link setup for X550a SFP and SFP+.
+  * Added KR support for X550em_a.
+  * Added new phy definitions for M88E1500.
+  * Added support for the VLVF to be bypassed when adding/removing a VFTA entry.
+  * Added X550a flow control auto negotiation support.
+
 * **Updated the i40e base driver.**
 
   Updated the i40e base driver, which includes support for new devices IDs.
 
+* **Updated the enic driver.**
+
+  The enic driver was updated with changes including the following:
+
+  * Optimized the Tx function.
+  * Added Scattered Rx capability.
+  * Improved packet type identification.
+  * Added MTU update in non Scattered Rx mode and enabled MTU of up to 9208
+    with UCS Software release 2.2 on 1300 series VICs.
+
 * **Supported virtio on IBM POWER8.**
 
   The ioports are mapped in memory when using Linux UIO.
 
 * **Virtio support for containers.**
 
-  Add a new virtual device, named virtio-user, to support virtio for containers.
+  Add a new virtual device, named virtio_user, to support virtio for containers.
 
   Known limitations:
 
@@ -150,6 +180,16 @@ New Features
   * A new ``app/pdump`` tool is added to capture packets in DPDK.
 
 
+* **Added floating VEB support for i40e PF driver.**
+
+  A "floating VEB" is a special Virtual Ethernet Bridge (VEB) which does not
+  have an upload port, but instead is used for switching traffic between
+  virtual functions (VFs) on a port.
+
+  For information on this feature,  please see the "I40E Poll Mode Driver"
+  section of the "Network Interface Controller Drivers" document.
+
+
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
 
@@ -165,6 +205,21 @@ Resolved Issues
 EAL
 ~~~
 
+* **igb_uio: Fixed possible mmap failure for Linux >= 4.5.**
+
+  mmaping the iomem range of the PCI device fails for kernels that
+  enabled CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM option:
+
+  EAL: pci_map_resource():
+           cannot mmap(39, 0x7f1c51800000, 0x100000, 0x0):
+           Invalid argument (0xffffffffffffffff)
+
+  CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM is introduced in Linux v4.5
+
+  Updated igb_uio to stop reserving PCI memory resources, from
+  kernel point of view iomem region looks like idle and mmap worked
+  again. This matches uio_pci_generic usage.
+
 
 Drivers
 ~~~~~~~
@@ -176,6 +231,27 @@ Drivers
   info to descriptor.
   Now this issue is fixed by disabling vlan stripping from inner header.
 
+* **i40e: Fixed the type issue of a single VLAN type.**
+
+  Currently, if a single VLAN header is added in a packet, it's treated
+  as inner VLAN. But generally, a single VLAN header is treated as the
+  outer VLAN header.
+  This issue is fixed by changing corresponding register for single VLAN.
+
+* **enic: Fixed several issues when stopping then restarting ports and queues.**
+
+  Fixed several crashes related to stopping then restarting ports and queues.
+  Fixed possible crash when re-configuring the number of Rx queue descriptors.
+
+* **enic: Fixed Rx data mis-alignment if mbuf data offset modified.**
+
+  Fixed possible Rx corruption when mbufs were returned to a pool with data
+  offset other than RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM.
+
+* **enic: Fixed Tx IP/UDP/TCP checksum offload and VLAN insertion.**
+
+* **enic: Fixed Rx error and missed counters.**
+
 
 Libraries
 ~~~~~~~~~
@@ -281,6 +357,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_mbuf.so.2
    + librte_mempool.so.2
      librte_meter.so.1
+     librte_pdump.so.1
      librte_pipeline.so.3
      librte_pmd_bond.so.1
      librte_pmd_ring.so.2