net/i40e: set VF max bandwidth from PF

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

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
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@@ -79,6 +79,37 @@ New Features
 
   i40e PMD and its vector PMD enabled by default in powerpc.
 
+* **Added VF max bandwidth setting on i40e.**
+
+  i40e HW supports to set the max bandwidth for a VF. Enable this capability.
+
+* **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.
+
+  * Support virtual functions (VFs)
+
+* **Added LiquidIO network PMD.**
+
+  Added poll mode driver support for Cavium LiquidIO II server adapter VFs.
+
+* **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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