DPDK Release 19.11
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New Features
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* **Added support for --base-virtaddr EAL option to FreeBSD.**
The FreeBSD version of DPDK now also supports setting base virtual address
* Added support for VLAN set VID offload command.
* Added support for matching on packets withe Geneve tunnel header.
* Added hairpin support.
- * Added ConnectX6-DX support.
+ * Added ConnectX-6 Dx support.
* Flow engine selected based on RDMA Core library version.
DV flow engine selected if version is rdma-core-24.0 or higher.
Verbs flow engine selected otherwise.
* **Added Marvell OCTEON TX2 crypto PMD.**
- Added a new PMD driver for hardware crypto offload block on ``OCTEON TX2``
+ Added a new PMD for hardware crypto offload block on ``OCTEON TX2``
SoC.
- See :doc:`../cryptodevs/octeontx2` for more details
+ See ``cryptodevs/octeontx2`` for more details
* **Updated NXP crypto PMDs for PDCP support.**
* **Enabled Single Pass GCM acceleration on QAT GEN3.**
Added support for Single Pass GCM, available on QAT GEN3 only (Intel
- QuickAssist Technology C4xxx). It is automatically chosen instead of the
+ QuickAssist Technology P5xxx). It is automatically chosen instead of the
classic 2-pass mode when running on QAT GEN3, significantly improving
the performance of AES GCM operations.
* Added IOVA = VA support for KNI. KNI can operate in IOVA = VA mode when
``iova-mode=va`` EAL option is passed to the application or when bus IOVA
scheme is selected as RTE_IOVA_VA. This mode only works on Linux Kernel
- versions >= 4.9.0.
+ versions 4.10.0 and above.
* Due to IOVA to KVA address translations, based on the KNI use case there
can be a performance impact. For mitigation, forcing IOVA to PA via EAL
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* Removed library-level ABI versions. These have been replaced with a single
project-level ABI version for non-experimental libraries and an ABI version of
``0`` for experimental libraries. Review the :doc:`../contributing/abi_policy`
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* eal: made the ``lcore_config`` struct and global symbol private.
* eal: removed the ``rte_cpu_check_supported`` function, replaced by
* event: The function ``rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_enqueue`` takes an additional
input as ``flags``. Flag ``RTE_EVENT_ETH_TX_ADAPTER_ENQUEUE_SAME_DEST`` which
- has been introduced in this release is used when used when all the packets
- enqueued in the Tx adapter are destined for the same Ethernet port ans Tx
- queue.
+ has been introduced in this release is used when all the packets enqueued in
+ the Tx adapter are destined for the same Ethernet port and Tx queue.
* sched: The pipe nodes configuration parameters such as number of pipes,
pipe queue sizes, pipe profiles, etc., are moved from port level structure
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* policy: Please note the revisions to the :doc:`../contributing/abi_policy`
introducing major ABI versions, with DPDK 19.11 becoming the first major
version ``v20``. ABI changes to add new features continue to be permitted in
Shared Library Versions
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Tested Platforms
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* Intel\ |reg| platforms with Intel\ |reg| NICs combinations
* CPU
* Ubuntu 16.10
* Ubuntu 18.04.1
* Ubuntu 19.04
+
+* Intel\ |reg| platforms with Mellanox\ |reg| NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU:
+
+ * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
+ * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz
+ * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
+ * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+ * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
+ * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz
+
+ * OS:
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+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 8.0 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo)
+ * 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 4.7-1.0.0.1
+ * MLNX_OFED 4.7-3.1.9.0 and above
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+ * upstream kernel:
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+ * Linux 5.3 and above
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+ * rdma-core:
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+ * rdma-core-24.1-1 and above
+
+ * NICs:
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+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1007
+ * Firmware version: 2.42.5000
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
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+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.26.2032 and above
+
+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1019
+ * Firmware version: 16.26.2032 and above
+
+* IBM Power 9 platforms with Mellanox\ |reg| NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU:
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+ * POWER9 2.2 (pvr 004e 1202) 2300MHz
+
+ * OS:
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+ * Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
+
+ * NICs:
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+ * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.26.1040
+
+ * OFED:
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+ * MLNX_OFED 4.7-1.0.0.2