net/mlx5: remove unnecessary structure initializers

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_18_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index 3fdf171..c625693 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ New Features
   * 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 failsafe driver.**
 
   Updated the failsafe driver including the following changes:
@@ -293,6 +300,12 @@ API Changes
 * 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()`` is extended.
   In multi-process model, they will guarantee that the device is
@@ -302,6 +315,17 @@ API Changes
   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 behaviour 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