DPDK Release 19.08
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* **EAL will now pick IOVA as VA mode as the default in most cases.**
Previously, the preferred default IOVA mode was selected to be IOVA as PA. The
* Enabled generic filter framework and supported switch filter.
* Supported UDP tunnel port add.
+* **Updated the Intel i40e driver.**
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+ Updated tje Intel i40e driver with new features and improvements, including:
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+ * Added support for MARK + RSS action in rte_flow (non-vector RX path only)
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* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
* Added multi-queue support to allow one af_xdp vdev with multiple netdev
queues.
* Enabled "need_wakeup" feature which can provide efficient support for the
- usecase where the application and driver executing on the same core.
+ use case where the application and driver executing on the same core.
* **Enabled infinite Rx in the PCAP PMD.**
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* Removed KNI ethtool, ``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL``, support.
* build: armv8 crypto extension is disabled.
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* The ``rte_mem_config`` structure has been made private. New accessor
``rte_mcfg_*`` functions were introduced to provide replacement for direct
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* eventdev: Event based Rx adapter callback
The mbuf pointer array in the event eth Rx adapter callback
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* **Unsuitable IOVA mode may be picked as the default.**
Not all kernel drivers and not all devices support all IOVA modes. EAL will
Tested Platforms
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* Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations
* CPU
* Firmware version: 3.25, 0x800006eb
* Device id (pf): 8086:1533
* Driver version: 5.4.0-k(igb)
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+* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
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+ * CPU:
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+ * 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
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+ * OS:
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+ * 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 19.04
+ * Ubuntu 18.10
+ * Ubuntu 18.04
+ * Ubuntu 16.04
+ * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
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+ * OFED:
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+ * MLNX_OFED 4.6-1.0.1.1
+ * MLNX_OFED 4.6-4.1.2.0
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+ * NICs:
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1007
+ * Firmware version: 2.42.5000
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.25.6406 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.25.6406 and above
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1019
+ * Firmware version: 16.25.6406 and above
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+* Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC
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+ * Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC MT416842 (2x25G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:a2d2
+ * Firmware version: 18.25.6600
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+ * SoC Arm cores running OS:
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+ * CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (AltArch)
+ * MLNX_OFED 4.6-3.5.8.0
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+ * DPDK application running on Arm cores inside SmartNIC
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+* IBM Power 9 platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
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+ * CPU:
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+ * POWER9 2.2 (pvr 004e 1202) 2300MHz
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+ * OS:
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+ * Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
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+ * NICs:
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+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
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+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.25.6406
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+ * OFED:
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+ * MLNX_OFED 4.6-4.1.2.0
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+* ARMv8 SoC combinations from Marvell (with integrated NICs)
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+ * SoC:
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+ * CN83xx, CN96xx, CNF95xx, CN93xx
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+ * OS (Based on Marvell OCTEON TX SDK 10.0):
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+ * Arch Linux
+ * Buildroot 2018.11
+ * Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
+ * Ubuntu 16.10
+ * Ubuntu 18.04.1
+ * Ubuntu 19.04