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[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_19_08.rst

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@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **Added MCS lock.**
+
+  MCS lock provides scalability by spinning on a CPU/thread local variable
+  which avoids expensive cache bouncings.
+  It provides fairness by maintaining a list of acquirers and passing
+  the lock to each CPU/thread in the order they acquired the lock.
+
 * **Updated the EAL Pseudo-random Number Generator.**
 
   The lrand48()-based rte_rand() function is replaced with a
@@ -104,6 +111,7 @@ New Features
 
   * Updated the packet header modification feature. Added support of TCP header
     sequence number and acknowledgment number modification.
+  * Added support for match on ICMP/ICMP6 code and type.
 
 * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
 
@@ -133,6 +141,25 @@ New Features
   device to be received repeatedly at a high rate. This can be useful for quick
   performance testing of DPDK apps.
 
+* **Added a FPGA_LTE_FEC bbdev PMD.**
+
+  Added the new ``fpga_lte_fec`` bbdev driver for the Intel® FPGA PAC
+  (Programmable  Acceleration Card) N3000.  See the
+  :doc:`../bbdevs/fpga_lte_fec` BBDEV guide for more details on this new driver.
+
+* **Updated TURBO_SW bbdev PMD.**
+
+  Updated the ``turbo_sw`` bbdev driver with changes including:
+
+  * Added option to build the driver with or without dependency of external
+    SDK libraries.
+  * Added support for 5GNR encode/decode operations.
+
+* **Updated the QuickAssist Technology (QAT) symmetric crypto PMD.**
+
+  Added support for digest-encrypted cases where digest is appended
+  to the data.
+
 * **Added Intel QuickData Technology PMD**
 
   The PMD for Intel\ |reg|  QuickData Technology, part of
@@ -142,12 +169,31 @@ New Features
   of via software, reducing cycles spent copying large blocks of data in
   applications.
 
+* **Added Marvell OCTEON TX2 drivers.**
+
+  Added the new ``ethdev``, ``eventdev``, ``mempool``, ``eventdev Rx adapter``,
+  ``eventdev Tx adapter``, ``eventdev Timer adapter`` and ``rawdev DMA``
+  drivers for various HW coprocessors available in ``OCTEON TX2`` SoC.
+
+  See :doc:`../platform/octeontx2` and driver informations:
+
+  * :doc:`../nics/octeontx2`
+  * :doc:`../mempool/octeontx2`
+  * :doc:`../eventdevs/octeontx2`
+  * :doc:`../rawdevs/octeontx2_dma`
+
 * **Introduced NTB PMD.**
 
   Added a PMD for Intel NTB (Non-transparent Bridge). This PMD implemented
   handshake between two separate hosts and can share local memory for peer
   host to directly access.
 
+* **Updated IPSec library Header Reconstruction.**
+
+  Updated the IPSec library with ECN and DSCP field header reconstruction
+  feature followed by RFC4301. The IPSec-secgw sample application is also
+  updated to support this feature by default.
+
 * **Updated telemetry library for global metrics support.**
 
   Updated ``librte_telemetry`` to fetch the global metrics from the
@@ -158,6 +204,10 @@ New Features
   Added telemetry mode to l3fwd-power application to report
   application level busyness, empty and full polls of rte_eth_rx_burst().
 
+* **Updated the pdump application.**
+
+  Add support for pdump to exit with primary process.
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
@@ -208,6 +258,21 @@ API Changes
   announced at least one release before the ABI change is made. There are no
   ABI breaking changes planned.
 
+* ip_frag: IP fragmentation library converts input mbuf into fragments
+  using input MTU size via ``rte_ipv4_fragment_packet`` interface.
+  Once fragmentation is done, each ``mbuf->ol_flags`` are set to enable IP
+  checksum H/W offload irrespective of the platform capability.
+  Cleared IP checksum H/W offload flag from the library. The application must
+  set this flag if it is supported by the platform and application wishes to
+  use it.
+
+* ip_frag: IP reassembly library converts the list of fragments into a
+  reassembled packet via ``rte_ipv4_frag_reassemble_packet`` interface.
+  Once reassembly is done, ``mbuf->ol_flags`` are set to enable IP checksum H/W
+  offload irrespective of the platform capability. Cleared IP checksum H/W
+  offload flag from the library. The application must set this flag if it is
+  supported by the platform and application wishes to use it.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------
@@ -246,6 +311,9 @@ ABI Changes
 
   Disabling unused features would facilitate efficient usage of HW/SW offload.
 
+* bbdev: New operations and parameters added to support new 5GNR operations.
+  The bbdev ABI is still kept experimental.
+
 
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