+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright 2017 The DPDK contributors
+
DPDK Release 17.08
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New Features
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* **Increase minimum x86 ISA version to SSE4.2.**
Starting with version 17.08, DPDK requires SSE4.2 to run on x86.
Known Issues
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* **Starting with version 17.08, libnuma is required to build DPDK.**
API Changes
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* **Modified the _rte_eth_dev_callback_process function in the ethdev library.**
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ABI Changes
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* Changed type of ``domain`` field in ``rte_pci_addr`` to ``uint32_t``
to follow the PCI standard.
Shared Library Versions
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Tested Platforms
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* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
* Platform details: