X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_17_08.rst;h=dc6224097afa939ecf109febf32bbad7a030ecd8;hb=52ae8f2fab9c934877e88779a59098ae3fc49289;hp=4f73a5690837a342897eb864d602e5835bbf9606;hpb=83984b7f3ac971ed5e61d38bb1d8fcc37c8a39c2;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst index 4f73a56908..dc6224097a 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright 2017 The DPDK contributors + DPDK Release 17.08 ================== @@ -41,116 +44,175 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= -* **Added support for generic flow API (rte_flow) on igb NIC.** +* **Increase minimum x86 ISA version to SSE4.2.** + + Starting with version 17.08, DPDK requires SSE4.2 to run on x86. + Previous versions required SSE3. + +* **Added Service Core functionality.** + + The service core functionality added to EAL allows DPDK to run services such + as software PMDs on lcores without the application manually running them. The + service core infrastructure allows flexibility of running multiple services + on the same service lcore, and provides the application with powerful APIs to + configure the mapping from service lcores to services. + +* **Added Generic Receive Offload API.** + + Added Generic Receive Offload (GRO) API support to reassemble TCP/IPv4 + packets. The GRO API assumes all input packets have the correct + checksums. GRO API doesn't update checksums for merged packets. If + input packets are IP fragmented, the GRO API assumes they are complete + packets (i.e. with L4 headers). - This API provides a generic means to configure hardware to match specific - ingress or egress traffic, alter its behavior and query related counters +* **Added Fail-Safe PMD** + + Added the new Fail-Safe PMD. This virtual device allows applications to + support seamless hotplug of devices. + See the :doc:`/nics/fail_safe` guide for more details about this driver. + +* **Added support for generic flow API (rte_flow) on igb NICs.** + + This API provides a generic means of configuring hardware to match specific + ingress or egress traffic, altering its behavior and querying related counters according to any number of user-defined rules. - * Generic flow API support for Ethernet, IPv4, UDP, TCP and - RAW pattern items with QUEUE actions. There are four - type of filter support for this feature on igb. + Added generic flow API support for Ethernet, IPv4, UDP, TCP and RAW pattern + items with QUEUE actions. There are four types of filter support for this + feature on igb. -* **Added Generic Flow API support to enic.** +* **Added support for generic flow API (rte_flow) on enic.** - Flow API support for outer Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, SCTP, VxLAN - and inner Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP and TCP pattern items with QUEUE, - MARK, FLAG and VOID actions for ingress traffic. + Added flow API support for outer Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, SCTP, + VxLAN and inner Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP and TCP pattern items with + QUEUE, MARK, FLAG and VOID actions for ingress traffic. * **Added support for Chelsio T6 family of adapters** - CXGBE PMD updated to run Chelsio T6 family of adapters. + The CXGBE PMD was updated to run Chelsio T6 family of adapters. * **Added latency and performance improvements for cxgbe** - TX and RX path reworked to improve performance. Also reduced latency - for slow traffic. + the Tx and Rx path in cxgbe were reworked to improve performance. In + addition the latency was reduced for slow traffic. -* **Updated bnxt PMD.** +* **Updated the bnxt PMD.** + + Updated the bnxt PMD. The major enhancements include: - Major enhancements include: * Support MTU modification. - * Support LRO. - * Support VLAN filter and strip functionality. - * Other enhancements to add support for more dev_ops. - * Add PMD specific APIs mainly to control VF from PF. + * Add support for LRO. + * Add support for VLAN filter and strip functionality. + * Additional enhancements to add support for more dev_ops. + * Added PMD specific APIs mainly to control VF from PF. * Update HWRM version to 1.7.7 * **Added support for Rx interrupts on mlx4 driver.** - Rx queues can be armed with an interrupt which will trigger on the + Rx queues can be now be armed with an interrupt which will trigger on the next packet arrival. +* **Updated mlx5 driver.** + + Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes: + + * Added vectorized Rx/Tx burst for x86. + * Added support for isolated mode from flow API. + * Reworked the flow drop action to implement in hardware classifier. + * Improved Rx interrupts management. + * **Updated szedata2 PMD.** - Added support for firmwares with multiple Ethernet ports per physical port. + Added support for firmware with multiple Ethernet ports per physical port. + +* **Updated dpaa2 PMD.** + + Updated dpaa2 PMD. Major enhancements include: + + * Added support for MAC Filter configuration. + * Added support for Segmented Buffers. + * Added support for VLAN filter and strip functionality. + * Additional enhancements to add support for more dev_ops. + * Optimized the packet receive path * **Reorganized the symmetric crypto operation structure.** The crypto operation (``rte_crypto_sym_op``) has been reorganized as follows: - * Removed field ``rte_crypto_sym_op_sess_type``. - * Replaced pointer and physical address of IV with offset from the start + * Removed the ``rte_crypto_sym_op_sess_type`` field. + * Replaced the pointer and physical address of IV with offset from the start of the crypto operation. * Moved length and offset of cipher IV to ``rte_crypto_cipher_xform``. - * Removed Additional Authentication Data (AAD) length. + * Removed "Additional Authentication Data" (AAD) length. * Removed digest length. + * Removed AAD pointer and physical address from ``auth`` structure. + * Added ``aead`` structure, containing parameters for AEAD algorithms. * **Reorganized the crypto operation structure.** The crypto operation (``rte_crypto_op``) has been reorganized as follows: - * Added field ``rte_crypto_op_sess_type``. - * Enumerations ``rte_crypto_op_status`` and ``rte_crypto_op_type`` - have been modified to be uint8_t values. + * Added the ``rte_crypto_op_sess_type`` field. + * The enumerations ``rte_crypto_op_status`` and ``rte_crypto_op_type`` + have been modified to be ``uint8_t`` values. * Removed the field ``opaque_data``. * Pointer to ``rte_crypto_sym_op`` has been replaced with a zero length array. +* **Reorganized the crypto symmetric session structure.** + + The crypto symmetric session structure (``rte_cryptodev_sym_session``) has + been reorganized as follows: + + * The ``dev_id`` field has been removed. + * The ``driver_id`` field has been removed. + * The mempool pointer ``mp`` has been removed. + * Replaced ``private`` marker with array of pointers to private data sessions + ``sess_private_data``. + * **Updated cryptodev library.** * Added AEAD algorithm specific functions and structures, so it is not necessary to use a combination of cipher and authentication structures anymore. + * Added helper functions for crypto device driver identification. + * Added support for multi-device sessions, so a single session can be + used in multiple drivers. + * Added functions to initialize and free individual driver private data + with the same session. +* **Updated dpaa2_sec crypto PMD.** -Resolved Issues ---------------- - -.. This section should contain bug fixes added to the relevant - sections. Sample format: - - * **code/section Fixed issue in the past tense with a full stop.** - - Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the resolved issue in the past - tense. - - The title should contain the code/lib section like a commit message. - - Add the entries in alphabetic order in the relevant sections below. + Added support for AES-GCM and AES-CTR. - This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. - Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. - ========================================================= +* **Updated the AESNI MB PMD.** + The AESNI MB PMD has been updated with additional support for: -EAL -~~~ + * 12-byte IV on AES Counter Mode, apart from the previous 16-byte IV. +* **Updated the AES-NI GCM PMD.** -Drivers -~~~~~~~ + The AES-NI GCM PMD was migrated from the ISA-L library to the Multi Buffer + library, as the latter library has Scatter Gather List support + now. The migration entailed adding additional support for 192-bit keys. +* **Updated the Cryptodev Scheduler PMD.** -Libraries -~~~~~~~~~ + Added a multicore based distribution mode, which distributes the enqueued + crypto operations among several slaves, running on different logical cores. +* **Added NXP DPAA2 Eventdev PMD.** -Examples -~~~~~~~~ + Added the new dpaa2 eventdev driver for NXP DPAA2 devices. See the + "Event Device Drivers" document for more details on this new driver. +* **Added dpdk-test-eventdev test application.** -Other -~~~~~ + The dpdk-test-eventdev tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application + that allows exercising various eventdev use cases. + This application has a generic framework to add new eventdev based test cases + to verify functionality and measure the performance parameters of DPDK + eventdev devices. Known Issues @@ -167,6 +229,8 @@ Known Issues Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **Starting with version 17.08, libnuma is required to build DPDK.** + API Changes ----------- @@ -181,6 +245,64 @@ API Changes Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **Modified the _rte_eth_dev_callback_process function in the ethdev library.** + + The function ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process()`` has been modified. The + return value has been changed from void to int and an extra parameter ``void + *ret_param`` has been added. + +* **Moved bypass functions from the rte_ethdev library to ixgbe PMD** + + * The following rte_ethdev library functions were removed: + + * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_event_show()`` + * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_event_store()`` + * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_init()`` + * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_state_set()`` + * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_state_show()`` + * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_ver_show()`` + * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_wd_reset()`` + * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_wd_timeout_show()`` + * ``rte_eth_dev_wd_timeout_store()`` + + * The following ixgbe PMD functions were added: + + * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_event_show()`` + * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_event_store()`` + * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_init()`` + * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_state_set()`` + * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_state_show()`` + * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_ver_show()`` + * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_reset()`` + * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_show()`` + * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_store()`` + +* **Reworked rte_cryptodev library.** + + The rte_cryptodev library has been reworked and updated. The following changes + have been made to it: + + * The crypto device type enumeration has been removed from cryptodev library. + * The function ``rte_crypto_count_devtype()`` has been removed, and replaced + by the new function ``rte_crypto_count_by_driver()``. + * Moved crypto device driver names definitions to the particular PMDs. + These names are not public anymore. + * The ``rte_cryptodev_configure()`` function does not create the session + mempool for the device anymore. + * The ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_attach_sym_session()`` and + ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_dettach_sym_session()`` functions require + the new parameter ``device id``. + * Parameters of ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create()`` were modified to + accept ``mempool``, instead of ``device id`` and ``rte_crypto_sym_xform``. + * Removed ``device id`` parameter from ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_free()``. + * Added a new field ``session_pool`` to ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_setup()``. + * Removed ``aad_size`` parameter from + ``rte_cryptodev_sym_capability_check_auth()``. + * Added ``iv_size`` parameter to + ``rte_cryptodev_sym_capability_check_auth()``. + * Removed ``RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_ENQUEUED`` from enum + ``rte_crypto_op_status``. + ABI Changes ----------- @@ -195,20 +317,43 @@ ABI Changes Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* Changed type of ``domain`` field in ``rte_pci_addr`` to ``uint32_t`` + to follow the PCI standard. + +* Added new ``rte_bus`` experimental APIs available as operators within the + ``rte_bus`` structure. + +* Made ``rte_devargs`` structure internal device representation generic to + prepare for a bus-agnostic EAL. + * **Reorganized the crypto operation structures.** - Some fields have been modified in the ``rte_crypto_op`` and ``rte_crypto_sym_op`` - structures, as described in the `New Features`_ section. + Some fields have been modified in the ``rte_crypto_op`` and + ``rte_crypto_sym_op`` structures, as described in the `New Features`_ + section. -* **Reorganized the ``rte_crypto_sym_cipher_xform`` structure.** +* **Reorganized the crypto symmetric session structure.** + + Some fields have been modified in the ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` + structure, as described in the `New Features`_ section. + +* **Reorganized the rte_crypto_sym_cipher_xform structure.** * Added cipher IV length and offset parameters. + * Changed field size of key length from ``size_t`` to ``uint16_t``. -* **Reorganized the ``rte_crypto_sym_auth_xform`` structure.** +* **Reorganized the rte_crypto_sym_auth_xform structure.** * Added authentication IV length and offset parameters. - * Changed field size of AAD length from uint32_t to uint16_t. - * Changed field size of digest length from uint32_t to uint16_t. + * Changed field size of AAD length from ``uint32_t`` to ``uint16_t``. + * Changed field size of digest length from ``uint32_t`` to ``uint16_t``. + * Removed AAD length. + * Changed field size of key length from ``size_t`` to ``uint16_t``. + +* Replaced ``dev_type`` enumeration with ``uint8_t`` ``driver_id`` in + ``rte_cryptodev_info`` and ``rte_cryptodev`` structures. + +* Removed ``session_mp`` from ``rte_cryptodev_config``. Shared Library Versions @@ -235,8 +380,10 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version. librte_cmdline.so.2 + librte_cryptodev.so.3 librte_distributor.so.1 - librte_eal.so.4 - librte_ethdev.so.6 + + librte_eal.so.5 + + librte_ethdev.so.7 + + librte_eventdev.so.2 + + librte_gro.so.1 librte_hash.so.2 librte_ip_frag.so.1 librte_jobstats.so.1 @@ -281,3 +428,190 @@ Tested Platforms This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= + +* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations + + * Platform details: + + * 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 E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz + + * OS: + + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo) + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo) + * Ubuntu 16.10 + * Ubuntu 16.04 + * Ubuntu 14.04 + + * MLNX_OFED: 4.1-1.0.2.0 + + * NICs: + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1007 + * Firmware version: 2.40.5030 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT + (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.18.2000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.19.1200 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1019 + * Firmware version: 16.19.1200 + +* Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations + + * CPU + + * Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C2758 @ 2.40GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1540 @ 2.00GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4667 v3 @ 2.00GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v2 @ 2.40GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v3 @ 2.20GHz + + * OS: + + * CentOS 7.2 + * Fedora 25 + * FreeBSD 11 + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 + * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12 + * Wind River Linux 8 + * Ubuntu 16.04 + * Ubuntu 16.10 + + * NICs: + + * Intel(R) 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller + + * Firmware version: 0x61bf0001 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:10fb / 8086:10ed + * Driver version: 4.0.1-k (ixgbe) + + * Intel(R) Corporation Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T + + * Firmware version: 0x800001cf + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:15ad / 8086:15a8 + * Driver version: 4.2.5 (ixgbe) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 (4x10G) + + * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003205 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c + * Driver version: 2.0.19 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2 (2x10G) + + * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003204 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c + * Driver version: 2.0.19 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (2x25G) + + * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:158b + * Driver version: 2.0.19 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2 (2X40G) + + * Firmware version: 6.01 0x8000321c + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1583 / 8086:154c + * Driver version: 2.0.19 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection + + * Firmware version: 1.48, 0x800006e7 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1521 / 8086:1520 + * Driver version: 5.2.13-k (igb)