bpf: add BPF loading and execution framework

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_18_05.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
index 2592469..aef6b62 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ New Features
 * **Added a new compression poll mode driver using Intels ISA-L.**
 
    Added the new ``ISA-L`` compression driver, for compression and decompression
-   operations in software.
+   operations in software. See the :doc:`../compressdevs/isal` compression driver
+   guide for details on this new driver.
 
 * **Added the Event Timer Adapter Library.**
 
@@ -170,6 +171,20 @@ New Features
     enqueue/dequeue crypto operations to/from cryptodev as events scheduled
     by an event device.
 
+* **Added Ifpga Bus, a generic Intel FPGA Bus library.**
+
+  The Ifpga Bus library provides support for integrating any Intel FPGA device with
+  the DPDK framework. It provides Intel FPGA Partial Bit Stream AFU (Accelerated
+  Function Unit) scan and drivers probe.
+
+* **Added IFPGA (Intel FPGA) Rawdev Driver.**
+
+  Added a new Rawdev driver called IFPGA(Intel FPGA) Rawdev Driver, which cooperates
+  with OPAE (Open Programmable Acceleration Engine) share code provides common FPGA
+  management ops for FPGA operation.
+
+  See the :doc:`../rawdevs/ifpga_rawdev` programmer's guide for more details.
+
 * **Added DPAA2 QDMA Driver (in rawdev).**
 
   The DPAA2 QDMA is an implementation of the rawdev API, that provide means
@@ -207,6 +222,11 @@ New Features
   stats/xstats on shared memory from secondary process, and also pdump packets on
   those virtual devices.
 
+* **Added the BPF Library.**
+
+  The BPF Library provides the ability to load and execute
+  Enhanced Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) within user-space dpdk application.
+
 
 API Changes
 -----------
@@ -468,6 +488,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_acl.so.2
      librte_bbdev.so.1
      librte_bitratestats.so.2
+   + librte_bpf.so.1
      librte_bus_dpaa.so.1
      librte_bus_fslmc.so.1
      librte_bus_pci.so.1