net/mlx5: support match on IPv4 fragment packets

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_20_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
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@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ New Features
   Added the FEC PMD which provides functions for query FEC capabilities and
   current FEC mode from device. Also, PMD for configuring FEC mode is also provided.
 
+* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * Added support for matching on fragmented/non-fragmented IPv4 packets.
+
 * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
 
   Updated the Solarflare ``sfc_efx`` driver with changes including:
@@ -295,6 +301,16 @@ New Features
   Added performance tuning arguments to allow tuning the scheduler for
   better throughtput in high core count use cases.
 
+* **Added a new driver for the Intel Dynamic Load Balancer v1.0 device.**
+
+  Added the new ``dlb`` eventdev driver for the Intel DLB V1.0 device. See the
+  :doc:`../eventdevs/dlb` eventdev guide for more details on this new driver.
+
+* **Added a new driver for the Intel Dynamic Load Balancer v2.0 device.**
+
+  Added the new ``dlb2`` eventdev driver for the Intel DLB V2.0 device. See the
+  :doc:`../eventdevs/dlb2` eventdev guide for more details on this new driver.
+
 * **Updated ioat rawdev driver**
 
   The ioat rawdev driver has been updated and enhanced. Changes include:
@@ -445,6 +461,13 @@ API Changes
 * mbuf: Removed the unioned fields ``userdata`` and ``udata64``
   from the structure ``rte_mbuf``. It is replaced with dynamic fields.
 
+* mbuf: Removed the field ``seqn`` from the structure ``rte_mbuf``.
+  It is replaced with dynamic fields.
+
+* mbuf: Removed the field ``timestamp`` from the structure ``rte_mbuf``.
+  It is replaced with the dynamic field RTE_MBUF_DYNFIELD_TIMESTAMP_NAME
+  which was previously used only for Tx.
+
 * pci: Removed the ``rte_kernel_driver`` enum defined in rte_dev.h and
   replaced with a private enum in the PCI subsystem.
 
@@ -552,6 +575,12 @@ API Changes
 
 * bpf: ``RTE_BPF_XTYPE_NUM`` has been dropped from ``rte_bpf_xtype``.
 
+* gso: Changed ``rte_gso_segment`` behaviour and return value:
+
+  * ``pkt`` is not saved to ``pkts_out[0]`` if not GSOed.
+  * Return 0 instead of 1 for the above case.
+  * ``pkt`` is not freed, no matter whether it is GSOed, leaving to the caller.
+
 * acl: ``RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_NUM`` enum value has been removed.
   This enum value was not used inside DPDK, while it prevented to add new
   classify algorithms without causing an ABI breakage.