net/mlx5: support user space Rx interrupt event

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_17_05.rst

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@@ -59,10 +59,47 @@ New Features
 
   The next_hop field is extended from 8 bits to 21 bits for IPv6.
 
+* **Added VFIO hotplug support.**
+
+  How hotplug supported with UIO and VFIO drivers.
+
 * **Added powerpc support in pci probing for vfio-pci devices.**
 
   sPAPR IOMMU based pci probing enabled for vfio-pci devices.
 
+* **Updated the ixgbe base driver.**
+
+  Updated the ixgbe base driver, including the following changes:
+
+  * Add link block check for KR.
+  * Complete HW initialization even if SFP is not present.
+  * Add VF xcast promiscuous mode.
+
+* **Added powerpc support for i40e and its vector PMD .**
+
+  i40e PMD and its vector PMD enabled by default in powerpc.
+
+* **Added TSO support for tunneled and non-tunneled packets on mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Added support for Hardware TSO for tunneled and non-tunneled packets.
+  Tunneling protocols supported are GRE and VXLAN.
+
+* **Added support for Rx interrupts on mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Rx queues can be armed with an interrupt which will trigger on the
+  next packet arrival.
+
+* **Updated the sfc_efx driver.**
+
+  * Generic flow API support for Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP and TCP
+    pattern items with QUEUE action for ingress traffic.
+
+* **Added vmxnet3 version 3 support.**
+
+  Added support for vmxnet3 version 3 which includes several
+  performance enhancements viz. configurable TX data ring, Receive
+  Data Ring, ability to register memory regions.
+
 
 Resolved Issues
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