- eventdev (lib, PMDs)
- etc
* Other libs
- * Apps, Examples, Tools (if significative)
+ * Apps, Examples, Tools (if significant)
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=========================================================
+* **Added support for using externally allocated memory in DPDK.**
+
+ DPDK has added support for creating new ``rte_malloc`` heaps referencing
+ memory that was created outside of DPDK's own page allocator, and using that
+ memory natively with any other DPDK library or data structure.
+
+* **Added check for ensuring allocated memory is addressable by devices.**
+
+ Some devices can have addressing limitations so a new function,
+ ``rte_mem_check_dma_mask()``, has been added for checking that allocated
+ memory is not out of the device range. Since memory can now be allocated
+ dynamically after initialization, a DMA mask is stored and any new allocated
+ memory will be checked against it and rejected if it is out of range. If
+ more than one device has addressing limitations, the DMA mask is the more
+ restrictive one.
+
+* **Updated the C11 memory model version of the ring library.**
+
+ Added changes to decrease latency for architectures using the C11 memory
+ model version of the ring library.
+
+ On Cavium ThunderX2 platform, the changes decreased latency by 27-29%
+ and 3-15% for MPMC and SPSC cases respectively (with 2 lcores). The
+ real improvements may vary with the number of contending lcores and
+ the size of the ring.
+
+* **Added hot-unplug handle mechanism.**
+
+ Added ``rte_dev_hotplug_handle_enable()`` and
+ ``rte_dev_hotplug_handle_disable()`` for enabling or disabling the hotplug
+ handle mechanism.
+
+* **Added support for device multi-process hotplug.**
+
+ Added support for hotplug and hot-unplug in a multiprocessing scenario. Any
+ ethdev devices created in the primary process will be regarded as shared and
+ will be available for all DPDK processes. Synchronization between processes
+ will be done using DPDK IPC.
+
+* **Added new Flow API actions to rewrite fields in packet headers.**
+
+ Added new Flow API actions to:
+
+ * Modify source and destination IP addresses in the outermost IPv4/IPv6
+ headers.
+ * Modify source and destination port numbers in the outermost TCP/UDP
+ headers.
+
+* **Added new Flow API action to swap MAC addresses in Ethernet header.**
+
+ Added new Flow API action to swap the source and destination MAC
+ addresses in the outermost Ethernet header.
+
+* **Add support to offload more flow match and actions for CXGBE PMD.**
+
+ The Flow API support has been enhanced for the CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to
+ offload:
+
+ * Match items: destination MAC address.
+ * Action items: push/pop/rewrite vlan header,
+ rewrite IP addresses in outermost IPv4/IPv6 header,
+ rewrite port numbers in outermost TCP/UDP header,
+ swap MAC addresses in outermost Ethernet header.
+
+* **Added a devarg to use the latest supported vector path in i40e.**
+
+ A new devarg ``use-latest-supported-vec`` was introduced to allow users to
+ choose the latest vector path that the platform supported. For example, users
+ can use AVX2 vector path on BDW/HSW to get better performance.
+
+* **Added support for SR-IOV in netvsc PMD.**
+
+ The ``netvsc`` poll mode driver now supports the Accelerated Networking
+ SR-IOV option in Hyper-V and Azure. This is an alternative to the previous
+ vdev_netvsc, tap, and failsafe drivers combination.
+
+* **Added a new net driver for Marvell Armada 3k device.**
+
+ Added the new ``mvneta`` net driver for Marvell Armada 3k device. See the
+ :doc:`../nics/mvneta` NIC guide for more details on this new driver.
+
+* **Added NXP ENETC PMD.**
+
+ Added the new enetc driver for the NXP enetc platform. See the
+ :doc:`../nics/enetc` NIC driver guide for more details on this new driver.
+
+* **Added Ethernet poll mode driver for Aquantia aQtion family of 10G devices.**
+
+ Added the new ``atlantic`` ethernet poll mode driver for Aquantia XGBE devices.
+ See the :doc:`../nics/atlantic` NIC driver guide for more details on this
+ driver.
+
+* **Updated mlx5 driver.**
+
+ Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes:
+
+ * Improved security of PMD to prevent the NIC from getting stuck when
+ the application misbehaves.
+ * Reworked flow engine to supported e-switch flow rules (transfer attribute).
+ * Added support for header re-write(L2-L4), VXLAN encap/decap, count, match
+ on TCP flags and multiple flow groups with e-switch flow rules.
+ * Added support for match on metadata, VXLAN and MPLS encap/decap with flow
+ rules.
+ * Added support for ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag to provide better
+ support for representors.
+ * Added support for meson build.
+ * Fixed build issue with PPC.
+ * Added support for BlueField VF.
+ * Added support for externally allocated static memory for DMA.
+
+* **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
+
+ Updated the sfc_efx driver including the following changes:
+
+ * Added support for Rx scatter in EF10 datapath implementation.
+ * Added support for Rx descriptor status API in EF10 datapath implementation.
+ * Added support for TSO in EF10 datapath implementation.
+ * Added support for Tx descriptor status API in EF10 (ef10 and ef10_simple)
+ datapaths implementation.
+
+* **Updated the enic driver.**
+
+ * Added AVX2-based vectorized Rx handler.
+ * Added VLAN and checksum offloads to the simple Tx handler.
+ * Added the "count" flow action.
+ * Enabled the virtual address IOVA mode.
+
+* **Updated the failsafe driver.**
+
+ Updated the failsafe driver including the following changes:
+
+ * Added support for Rx and Tx queues start and stop.
+ * Added support for Rx and Tx queues deferred start.
+ * Added support for runtime Rx and Tx queues setup.
+ * Added support multicast MAC address set.
+
+* **Added a devarg to use a PCAP interface physical MAC address.**
+
+ A new devarg ``phy_mac`` was introduced to allow users to use the physical
+ MAC address of the selected PCAP interface.
+
+* **Added TAP Rx/Tx queues sharing with a secondary process.**
+
+ Added support to allow a secondary process to attach a TAP device created
+ in the primary process, probe the queues, and process Rx/Tx in a secondary
+ process.
+
+* **Added classification and metering support to SoftNIC PMD.**
+
+ Added support for flow classification (rte_flow API), and metering and
+ policing (rte_mtr API) to the SoftNIC PMD.
+
+* **Added Crypto support to the Softnic PMD.**
+
+ The Softnic is now capable of processing symmetric crypto workloads such
+ as cipher, cipher-authentication chaining, and AEAD encryption and
+ decryption. This is achieved by calling DPDK Cryptodev APIs.
+
+* **Added cryptodev port to port library.**
+
+ Cryptodev port is a shim layer in the port library that interacts with DPDK
+ Cryptodev PMDs including burst enqueuing and dequeuing crypto operations.
+
+* **Added symmetric cryptographic actions to the pipeline library.**
+
+ In the pipeline library support was added for symmetric crypto action
+ parsing and an action handler was implemented. The action allows automatic
+ preparation of the crypto operation with the rules specified such as
+ algorithm, key, and IV, etc. for the cryptodev port to process.
+
+* **Updated the AESNI MB PMD.**
+
+ The AESNI MB PMD has been updated with additional support for the AES-GCM
+ algorithm.
+
+* **Added NXP CAAM JR PMD.**
+
+ Added the new caam job ring driver for NXP platforms. See the
+ :doc:`../cryptodevs/caam_jr` guide for more details on this new driver.
+
+* **Added support for GEN3 devices to Intel QAT driver.**
+
+ Added support for the third generation of Intel QuickAssist devices.
+
+* **Updated the QAT PMD.**
+
+ The QAT PMD was updated with additional support for:
+
+ * The AES-CMAC algorithm.
+
+* **Added support for Dynamic Huffman Encoding to Intel QAT comp PMD.**
+
+ The Intel QuickAssist (QAT) compression PMD has been updated with support
+ for Dynamic Huffman Encoding for the Deflate algorithm.
+
+* **Added Event Ethernet Tx Adapter.**
+
+ Added event ethernet Tx adapter library that provides configuration and
+ data path APIs for the ethernet transmit stage of an event driven packet
+ processing application. These APIs abstract the implementation of the
+ transmit stage and allow the application to use eventdev PMD support or
+ a common implementation.
+
+* **Added Distributed Software Eventdev PMD.**
+
+ Added the new Distributed Software Event Device (DSW), which is a
+ pure-software eventdev driver distributing the work of scheduling
+ among all eventdev ports and the lcores using them. DSW, compared to
+ the SW eventdev PMD, sacrifices load balancing performance to
+ gain better event scheduling throughput and scalability.
+
+* **Added extendable bucket feature to hash library (rte_hash).**
+
+ This new "extendable bucket" feature provides 100% insertion guarantee to
+ the capacity specified by the user by extending hash table with extra
+ buckets when needed to accommodate the unlikely event of intensive hash
+ collisions. In addition, the internal hashing algorithm was changed to use
+ partial-key hashing to improve memory efficiency and lookup performance.
+
+* **Added lock free reader/writer concurrency to hash library (rte_hash).**
+
+ Lock free reader/writer concurrency prevents the readers from getting
+ blocked due to a preempted writer thread. This allows the hash library
+ to be used in scenarios where the writer thread runs on the control plane.
+
+* **Added Traffic Pattern Aware Power Control Library.**
+
+ Added an experimental library that extends the Power Library and provides
+ empty_poll APIs. This feature measures how many times empty_polls are
+ executed per core and uses the number of empty polls as a hint for system
+ power management.
+
+ See the :doc:`../prog_guide/power_man` section of the DPDK Programmers
+ Guide document for more information.
+
+* **Added JSON power policy interface for containers.**
+
+ Extended the Power Library and vm_power_manager sample app to allow power
+ policies to be submitted via a FIFO using JSON formatted strings. Previously
+ limited to Virtual Machines, this feature extends power policy functionality
+ to containers and host applications that need to have their cores frequency
+ controlled based on the rules contained in the policy.
+
+* **Added Telemetry API.**
+
+ Added a new telemetry API which allows applications to transparently expose
+ their telemetry in JSON via a UNIX socket. The JSON can be consumed by any
+ Service Assurance agent, such as CollectD.
+
+* **Updated KNI kernel module, rte_kni library, and KNI sample application.**
+
+ Updated the KNI kernel module with a new kernel module parameter,
+ ``carrier=[on|off]`` to allow the user to control the default carrier
+ state of the KNI kernel network interfaces. The default carrier state
+ is now set to ``off``, so the interfaces cannot be used until the
+ carrier state is set to ``on`` via ``rte_kni_update_link`` or
+ by writing ``1`` to ``/sys/devices/virtual/net/<iface>/carrier``.
+ In previous versions the default carrier state was left undefined.
+ See :doc:`../prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface` for more information.
+
+ Also added the new API function ``rte_kni_update_link()`` to allow the user
+ to set the carrier state of the KNI kernel network interface.
+
+ Also added a new command line flag ``-m`` to the KNI sample application to
+ monitor and automatically reflect the physical NIC carrier state to the
+ KNI kernel network interface with the new ``rte_kni_update_link()`` API.
+ See :doc:`../sample_app_ug/kernel_nic_interface` for more information.
+
+* **Added ability to switch queue deferred start flag on testpmd app.**
+
+ Added a console command to testpmd app, giving ability to switch
+ ``rx_deferred_start`` or ``tx_deferred_start`` flag of the specified queue of
+ the specified port. The port must be stopped before the command call in order
+ to reconfigure queues.
+
+* **Add a new sample application for vDPA.**
+
+ The vdpa sample application creates vhost-user sockets by using the
+ vDPA backend. vDPA stands for vhost Data Path Acceleration which utilizes
+ virtio ring compatible devices to serve virtio driver directly to enable
+ datapath acceleration. As vDPA driver can help to set up vhost datapath,
+ this application doesn't need to launch dedicated worker threads for vhost
+ enqueue/dequeue operations.
+
+* **Added cryptodev FIPS validation example application.**
+
+ Added an example application to parse and perform symmetric cryptography
+ computation to the NIST Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP)
+ test vectors.
+
+* **Allow unit test binary to take parameters from the environment.**
+
+ The unit test "test", or "dpdk-test", binary is often called from scripts,
+ which can make passing additional parameters, such as a coremask,
+ difficult. Support has been added to the application to allow it to take
+ additional command-line parameter values from the ``DPDK_TEST_PARAMS``
+ environment variable to make this application easier to use.
+
API Changes
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+* eal: ``rte_memseg_list`` structure now has an additional flag indicating
+ whether the memseg list is externally allocated. This will have implications
+ for any users of memseg-walk-related functions, as they will now have to skip
+ externally allocated segments in most cases if the intent is to only iterate
+ over internal DPDK memory.
+
+ In addition the ``socket_id`` parameter across the entire DPDK has gained
+ additional meaning, as some socket ID's will now be representing externally
+ allocated memory. No changes will be required for existing code as backwards
+ compatibility will be kept, and those who do not use this feature will not
+ see these extra socket ID's. Any new API's must not check socket ID
+ parameters themselves, and must instead leave it to the memory subsystem to
+ decide whether socket ID is a valid one.
+
+* eal: The following devargs functions, which were deprecated in 18.05,
+ were removed in 18.11:
+ ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str()``, ``rte_eal_devargs_add()``,
+ ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count()``, and ``rte_eal_devargs_dump()``.
+
+* eal: The parameters of the function ``rte_devargs_remove()`` have changed
+ from bus and device names to ``struct rte_devargs``.
+
+* eal: The deprecated functions attach/detach were removed in 18.11.
+ ``rte_eal_dev_attach`` can be replaced by
+ ``rte_dev_probe`` or ``rte_eal_hotplug_add``.
+ ``rte_eal_dev_detach`` can be replaced by
+ ``rte_dev_remove`` or ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove``.
+
+* eal: The scope of ``rte_eal_hotplug_add()``/``rte_dev_probe()``
+ and ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove()``/``rte_dev_remove()`` has been extended.
+ In the multi-process model, they will guarantee that the device is
+ attached or detached on all processes.
+
+* mbuf: The ``__rte_mbuf_raw_free()`` and ``__rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg()``
+ functions were deprecated since 17.05 and are replaced by
+ ``rte_mbuf_raw_free()`` and ``rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg()``.
+
+* ethdev: The deprecated functions attach/detach were removed in 18.11.
+ ``rte_eth_dev_attach()`` can be replaced by ``RTE_ETH_FOREACH_MATCHING_DEV``
+ and ``rte_dev_probe()`` or ``rte_eal_hotplug_add()``.
+ ``rte_eth_dev_detach()`` can be replaced by
+ ``rte_dev_remove()`` or ``rte_eal_hotplug_remove()``.
+
+* ethdev: A call to ``rte_eth_dev_release_port()`` has been added in
+ ``rte_eth_dev_close()``. As a consequence, a closed port is freed
+ and seen as invalid because of its state ``RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED``.
+ This new behavior is enabled per driver for a migration period.
+
+* A new device flag, ``RTE_ETH_DEV_NOLIVE_MAC_ADDR``, changes the order of
+ actions inside ``rte_eth_dev_start()`` regarding MAC set. Some NICs do not
+ support MAC changes once the port has started and with this new device
+ flag the MAC can be properly configured in any case. This is particularly
+ important for bonding.
+
+* The default behavior of CRC strip offload has changed in this
+ release. Without any specific Rx offload flag, default behavior by a PMD is
+ now to strip CRC. ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP`` offload flag has been removed.
+ To request keeping CRC, application should set ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC``
+ Rx offload.
+
+* eventdev: The type of the second parameter to
+ ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_caps_get()`` has been changed from uint8_t to
+ uint16_t.
+
+* kni: By default, interface carrier status is ``off`` which means there won't
+ be any traffic. It can be set to ``on`` via ``rte_kni_update_link()`` API or
+ via ``sysfs`` interface: ``echo 1 > /sys/class/net/vEth0/carrier``.
+
+ Note interface should be ``up`` to be able to read/write sysfs interface.
+ When KNI sample application is used, ``-m`` parameter can be used to
+ automatically update the carrier status for the interface.
+
+* kni: When ethtool support is enabled (``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL=y``)
+ ethtool commands ``ETHTOOL_GSET & ETHTOOL_SSET`` are no longer supported for
+ kernels that have ``ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS & ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS`` support.
+ This means ``ethtool "-a|--show-pause", "-s|--change"`` won't work, and
+ ``ethtool <iface>`` output will have less information.
+
ABI Changes
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+* eal: added ``legacy_mem`` and ``single_file_segments`` values to
+ ``rte_config`` structure on account of improving DPDK usability when
+ using either ``--legacy-mem`` or ``--single-file-segments`` flags.
-Removed Items
--------------
+* eal: EAL library ABI version was changed due to previously announced work on
+ supporting external memory in DPDK:
-.. This section should contain removed items in this release. Sample format:
+ - Structure ``rte_memseg_list`` now has a new field indicating length
+ of memory addressed by the segment list
+ - Structure ``rte_memseg_list`` now has a new flag indicating whether
+ the memseg list refers to external memory
+ - Structure ``rte_malloc_heap`` now has a new field indicating socket
+ ID the malloc heap belongs to
+ - Structure ``rte_mem_config`` has had its ``malloc_heaps`` array
+ resized from ``RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES`` to ``RTE_MAX_HEAPS`` value
+ - Structure ``rte_malloc_heap`` now has a ``heap_name`` member
+ - Structure ``rte_eal_memconfig`` has been extended to contain next
+ socket ID for externally allocated segments
- * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the removed item
- in the past tense.
+* eal: Added ``dma_maskbits`` to ``rte_mem_config`` for keeping the most
+ restrictive DMA mask based on the devices addressing limitations.
- This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
- Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
- =========================================================
+* eal: The structure ``rte_device`` has a new field to reference a
+ ``rte_bus``. It thus changes the size of the ``struct rte_device`` and the
+ inherited device structures of all buses.
Shared Library Versions
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
- librte_bus_vdev.so.1
- librte_bus_vmbus.so.1
+ + librte_bus_dpaa.so.2
+ + librte_bus_fslmc.so.2
+ + librte_bus_ifpga.so.2
+ + librte_bus_pci.so.2
+ + librte_bus_vdev.so.2
+ + librte_bus_vmbus.so.2
librte_cfgfile.so.2
librte_cmdline.so.2
- librte_common_octeontx.so.1
librte_compressdev.so.1
librte_cryptodev.so.5
librte_distributor.so.1
- librte_eal.so.8
- librte_ethdev.so.10
- librte_eventdev.so.4
+ + librte_eal.so.9
+ librte_efd.so.1
+ + librte_ethdev.so.11
+ + librte_eventdev.so.6
librte_flow_classify.so.1
librte_gro.so.1
librte_gso.so.1
librte_latencystats.so.1
librte_lpm.so.2
librte_mbuf.so.4
+ librte_member.so.1
librte_mempool.so.5
librte_meter.so.2
librte_metrics.so.1
librte_pmd_bond.so.2
librte_pmd_i40e.so.2
librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.2
- librte_pmd_dpaa2_cmdif.so.1
librte_pmd_dpaa2_qdma.so.1
librte_pmd_ring.so.2
librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
librte_security.so.1
librte_table.so.3
librte_timer.so.1
- librte_vhost.so.3
+ librte_vhost.so.4
Known Issues
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+* When using SR-IOV (VF) support with netvsc PMD and the Mellanox mlx5
+ bifurcated driver the Linux netvsc device must be brought up before the
+ netvsc device is unbound and passed to the DPDK.
+
+* IBM Power8 is not supported in this release of DPDK. IBM Power9 is
+ supported.
+
+* ``AVX-512`` support has been disabled for ``GCC`` builds [1] because of a
+ crash [2]. This can affect ``native`` machine type build targets on the
+ platforms that support ``AVX512F`` like ``Intel Skylake`` processors, and
+ can cause a possible performance drop. The immediate workaround is to use
+ ``clang`` compiler on these platforms. The issue has been identified as a
+ GCC defect and reported to the GCC community [3]. Further actions will be
+ taken based on the GCC defect result.
+
+ - [1]: Commit 8d07c82b239f ("mk: disable gcc AVX512F support")
+ - [2]: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97
+ - [3]: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88096
+
Tested Platforms
----------------
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+* Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU
+
+ * Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3758 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8180 CPU @ 2.50GHz
+
+ * OS:
+
+ * CentOS 7.5
+ * Fedora 25
+ * Fedora 28
+ * FreeBSD 11.2
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5
+ * Open SUSE 15
+ * Wind River Linux 8
+ * Ubuntu 14.04
+ * Ubuntu 16.04
+ * Ubuntu 16.10
+ * Ubuntu 17.10
+ * Ubuntu 18.04
+
+ * NICs:
+
+ * Intel(R) 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
+
+ * Firmware version: 0x61bf0001
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:10fb / 8086:10ed
+ * Driver version: 5.2.3 (ixgbe)
+
+ * Intel(R) Corporation Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
+
+ * Firmware version: 0x800003e7
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:15ad / 8086:15a8
+ * Driver version: 4.4.6 (ixgbe)
+
+ * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 (4x10G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (4x10G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 3.33 0x80000fd5 0.0.0
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:37d0 / 8086:37cd
+ * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (2x25G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:158b / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2 (2X40G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 6.01 0x8000321c
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1583 / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
+
+ * Firmware version: 1.63, 0x80000dda
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1521 / 8086:1520
+ * Driver version: 5.4.0-k (igb)
+
+* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU:
+
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz
+
+ * OS:
+
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.6 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
+ * Ubuntu 18.10
+ * Ubuntu 18.04
+ * Ubuntu 17.10
+ * Ubuntu 16.04
+ * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
+
+ * MLNX_OFED: 4.4-2.0.1.0
+ * MLNX_OFED: 4.5-0.3.1.0
+
+ * NICs:
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1007
+ * Firmware version: 2.42.5000
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.23.8022 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1019
+ * Firmware version: 16.23.8022 and above
+
+* ARM platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU:
+
+ * Qualcomm ARM 1.1 2500MHz
+
+ * OS:
+
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)
+
+ * NICs:
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.24.0220
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.24.0220
+
+* Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC
+
+ * Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC MT416842 (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:a2d2
+ * Firmware version: 18.24.0246
+
+ * SoC ARM cores running OS:
+
+ * CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (AltArch)
+ * MLNX_OFED 4.4-2.5.3.0
+
+ * DPDK application running on ARM cores inside SmartNIC
+
+* ARM SoC combinations from NXP (with integrated NICs)
+
+ * SoC:
+
+ * NXP/Freescale QorIQ LS1046A with ARM Cortex A72
+ * NXP/Freescale QorIQ LS2088A with ARM Cortex A72
+
+ * OS:
+
+ * Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS with NXP QorIQ LSDK 1809 support packages
+ * Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS with NXP QorIQ LSDK 1803 support packages