doc: add softnic documentation

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_18_08.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
index 48380de..655e8a8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ New Features
 * **Added Flow API support for CXGBE PMD.**
 
   Flow API support has been added to CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload
-  flows to Chelsio T5/T6 NICs.
+  flows to Chelsio T5/T6 NICs. Support added for:
+  * Wildcard (LE-TCAM) and Exact (HASH) match filters.
+  * Match items: physical ingress port, IPv4, IPv6, TCP and UDP.
+  * Action items: queue, drop, count, and physical egress port redirect.
 
 * **Added ixgbe preferred Rx/Tx parameters.**
 
@@ -67,13 +70,18 @@ New Features
 
 * **Updated the enic driver.**
 
-  * Add support for mbuf fast free offload.
-  * Add low cycle count Tx handler for no-offload Tx (except mbuf fast free).
+  * Add low cycle count Tx handler for no-offload Tx.
   * Add low cycle count Rx handler for non-scattered Rx.
   * Minor performance improvements to scattered Rx handler.
   * Add handlers to add/delete VxLAN port number.
   * Add devarg to specify ingress VLAN rewrite mode.
 
+* **SoftNIC PMD rework.**
+
+  The SoftNIC PMD infrastructure is restructured to use the Packet Framework,
+  which makes it more flexible, modular and easier to add new functionality
+  in future.
+
 * **Updated the AESNI MB PMD.**
 
   The AESNI MB PMD has been updated with additional support for: