net/cnxk: add TM shaper and node operations

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_21_11.rst

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@@ -62,9 +62,29 @@ New Features
   * Added bus-level parsing of the devargs syntax.
   * Kept compatibility with the legacy syntax as parsing fallback.
 
+* **Added new RSS offload types for IPv4/L4 checksum in RSS flow.**
+
+  Added macros ETH_RSS_IPV4_CHKSUM and ETH_RSS_L4_CHKSUM, now IPv4 and
+  TCP/UDP/SCTP header checksum field can be used as input set for RSS.
+
+* **Updated Broadcom bnxt PMD.**
+
+  * Added flow offload support for Thor.
+  * Implement support for tunnel offload.
+  * Updated HWRM API to version 1.10.2.44
+
+* **Updated Intel iavf driver.**
+
+  * Added Intel iavf support on Windows.
+
+* **Updated Intel ice driver.**
+
+  * Added 1PPS out support by a devargs.
+
 * **Updated Marvell cnxk ethdev driver.**
 
   * Added rte_flow support for dual VLAN insert and strip actions.
+  * Added rte_tm support.
 
 * **Updated Marvell cnxk crypto PMD.**
 
@@ -96,6 +116,16 @@ New Features
   * Added support for asymmetric crypto throughput performance measurement.
     Only modex is supported for now.
 
+* **Added lookaside protocol (IPsec) tests in dpdk-test.**
+
+  * Added known vector tests (AES-GCM 128, 192, 256).
+  * Added tests to verify error reporting with ICV corruption.
+  * Added tests to verify IV generation.
+  * Added tests to verify UDP encapsulation.
+  * Added tests to validate packets soft expiry.
+  * Added tests to validate packets hard expiry.
+  * Added tests to verify tunnel header verification in IPsec inbound.
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
@@ -132,6 +162,10 @@ API Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =======================================================
 
+* kvargs: The experimental function ``rte_kvargs_strcmp()`` has been
+  removed. Its usages have been replaced by a new function
+  ``rte_kvargs_get_with_value()``.
+
 * cryptodev: The API rte_cryptodev_pmd_is_valid_dev is modified to
   rte_cryptodev_is_valid_dev as it can be used by the application as
   well as PMD to check whether the device is valid or not.
@@ -140,6 +174,11 @@ API Changes
   as it is for drivers only and should be private to DPDK, and not
   installed for app use.
 
+* cryptodev: A ``reserved`` byte from structure ``rte_crypto_op`` was
+  renamed to ``aux_flags`` to indicate warnings and other information from
+  the crypto/security operation. This field will be used to communicate
+  events such as soft expiry with IPsec in lookaside mode.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------
@@ -162,6 +201,19 @@ ABI Changes
   have much processing in PMD specific callbacks but just 64-bit set/get.
   This avoids a per packet function pointer jump overhead for such PMDs.
 
+* security: A new option ``iv_gen_disable`` was added in structure
+  ``rte_security_ipsec_sa_options`` to disable IV generation inside PMD,
+  so that application can provide its own IV and test known test vectors.
+
+* security: A new option ``tunnel_hdr_verify`` was added in structure
+  ``rte_security_ipsec_sa_options`` to indicate whether outer header
+  verification need to be done as part of inbound IPsec processing.
+
+* security: A new structure ``rte_security_ipsec_lifetime`` was added to
+  replace ``esn_soft_limit`` in IPsec configuration structure
+  ``rte_security_ipsec_xform`` to allow applications to configure SA soft
+  and hard expiry limits. Limits can be either in number of packets or bytes.
+
 
 Known Issues
 ------------