net/virtio: support Tx checksum offload

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_16_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ New Features
     in an mbuf chain and retrieve its packet type by software.
   * Added new functions ``rte_get_ptype_*()`` to dump a packet type as a string.
 
+* **Improved offloads support in mbuf.**
+
+  * Added a new function ``rte_raw_cksum_mbuf()`` to process the checksum of
+    data embedded in an mbuf chain.
+  * Added new Rx checksum flags in mbufs to describe more states: unknown,
+    good, bad, or not present (useful for virtual drivers). This modification
+    was done for IP and L4.
+  * Added a new RX LRO mbuf flag, used when packets are coalesced. This
+    flag indicates that the segment size of original packets is known.
+
 * **Added vhost-user dequeue zero copy support**
 
   The copy in dequeue path is saved, which is meant to improve the performance.
@@ -73,6 +83,10 @@ New Features
 
   Added extended statistics to vhost PMD from per port perspective.
 
+* **Supported offloads with virtio.**
+
+  * Rx/Tx checksums
+
 * **Added virtio NEON support for ARM.**
 
 * **Updated the ixgbe base driver.**