crypto/aesni_gcm: migrate from MB library to ISA-L

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_17_02.rst

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@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ New Features
   As an EXPERIMENTAL feature, please aware it can be changed or even
   removed without prior notice.
 
+* **Updated the i40e base driver.**
+
+  updated the i40e base driver, including the following changes:
+
+  * replace existing legacy memcpy() calls with i40e_memcpy() calls.
+  * use BIT() macro instead of bit fields
+  * add clear all WoL filters implementation
+  * add broadcast promiscuous control per VLAN
+  * remove unused X722_SUPPORT and I40E_NDIS_SUPPORT MARCOs
+
 * **Added Solarflare libefx-based network PMD.**
 
   A new network PMD which supports Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx family
@@ -138,6 +148,45 @@ New Features
   See the :ref:`Virtio Interrupt Mode <virtio_interrupt_mode>` documentation
   for more information.
 
+* **Updated the QAT PMD.**
+
+  The QAT PMD was updated with additional support for:
+
+  * DES algorithm.
+  * Scatter-gather list (SGL) support.
+
+* **Updated the AESNI MB PMD.**
+
+  * The Intel(R) Multi Buffer Crypto for IPsec library used in
+    AESNI MB PMD has been moved to a new repository, in GitHub.
+  * Support for single operations (cipher only and authentication only).
+
+* **Updated the AES-NI GCM PMD.**
+
+  The AES-NI GCM PMD was migrated from MB library to ISA-L library.
+  The migration entailed the following additional support for:
+
+  * GMAC algorithm.
+  * 256-bit cipher key.
+  * Session-less mode.
+  * Out-of place processing
+  * Scatter-gatter support for chained mbufs (only out-of place and destination
+    mbuf must be contiguous)
+
+* **Added Elastic Flow Distributor library (rte_efd).**
+
+  This new library uses perfect hashing to determine a target/value for a
+  given incoming flow key.
+
+  It does not store the key itself for lookup operations, and therefore,
+  lookup performance is not dependent on the key size. Also, the target/value
+  can be any arbitrary value (8 bits by default). Finally, the storage requirement
+  is much smaller than a hash-based flow table and therefore, it can better fit for
+  CPU cache, being able to scale to millions of flow keys.
+
+  See the :ref:`Elastic Flow Distributor Library <Efd_Library>` documentation in
+  the Programmers Guide document, for more information.
+
 
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