X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Fnew_features.rst;h=5b724ab25532925725f1bec3dfbddaf3ec9daa02;hb=4d4ebca430474180cdc5cb14edfda04ee4189d19;hp=2993b1e7ec8886e99ae1c0fec5eed9079bda1a52;hpb=5b81c76005d5cf8b72beaaeb771d7f8134175897;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst index 2993b1e7ec..5b724ab255 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst @@ -30,14 +30,75 @@ New Features ============ +* Poll-mode driver support for an early release of the PCIE host interface of the Intel(R) Ethernet Switch FM10000. + + * Basic Rx/Tx functions for PF/VF + + * Interrupt handling support for PF/VF + + * Per queue start/stop functions for PF/VF + + * Support Mailbox handling between PF/VF and PF/Switch Manager + + * Receive Side Scaling (RSS) for PF/VF + + * Scatter receive function for PF/VF + + * Reta update/query for PF/VF + + * VLAN filter set for PF + + * Link status query for PF/VF + +.. note:: The software is intended to run on pre-release hardware and may contain unknown or unresolved defects or + issues related to functionality and performance. + The poll mode driver is also pre-release and will be updated to a released version post hardware and base driver release. + Should the official hardware release be made between DPDK releases an updated poll-mode driver will be made available. + * Link Bonding - * Support for 802.3ad link aggregation (mode 4) and transmit load balancing (mode 5) to the link bonding library. + * Support for adaptive load balancing (mode 6) to the link bonding library. * Support for registration of link status change callbacks with link bonding devices. * Support for slaves devices which do not support link status change interrupts in the link bonding library via a link status polling mechanism. +* PCI Hotplug with NULL PMD sample application + +* ABI versioning + +* x32 ABI + +* Non-EAL Thread Support + +* Multi-pthread Support + +* Re-order Library + +* ACL for AVX2 + +* Architecture Independent CRC Hash + +* uio_pci_generic Support + +* KNI Optimizations + +* Vhost-user support + +* Virtio (link, vlan, mac, port IO, perf) + +* IXGBE-VF RSS + +* RX/TX Callbacks + +* Unified Flow Types + +* Indirect Attached MBUF Flag + +* Use default port configuration in TestPMD + +* Tunnel offloading in TestPMD + * Poll Mode Driver - 40 GbE Controllers (librte_pmd_i40e) * Support for Flow Director @@ -58,4 +119,11 @@ New Features * Packet Distributor Sample Application +* Job Stats library and Sample Application. + +* Enhanced Jenkins hash (jhash) library + +.. note:: The hash values returned by the new jhash library are different + from the ones returned by the previous library. + For further features supported in this release, see Chapter 3 Supported Features.