X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_17_11.rst;h=1f3b45ef61e37fb19466b2479f2ef2e34421982e;hb=d1b31b7c03a3c6aee60ec2ba47f4ab7085e8af3d;hp=016a08c8199b3306a9a1e9a9caeff1502873cf83;hpb=8999f8f679418cbb41637731f934e18f00cab3bd;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst index 016a08c819..1f3b45ef61 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright 2017 The DPDK contributors + DPDK Release 17.11 ================== @@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ New Features * **Added a new driver for Marvell Armada 7k/8k devices.** Added the new ``mrvl`` net driver for Marvell Armada 7k/8k devices. See the - :doc:`../nics/mrvl` NIC guide for more details on this new driver. + :doc:`../nics/mvpp2` NIC guide for more details on this new driver. * **Updated mlx4 driver.** @@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ New Features * The DES CBC algorithm. * The DES DOCSIS BPI algorithm. - This change requires version 0.47 of the IPSec Multi-buffer library. For + This change requires version 0.47 of the IPsec Multi-buffer library. For more details see the :doc:`../cryptodevs/aesni_mb` documentation. * **Updated the OpenSSL PMD.** @@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ New Features A new crypto PMD has been added, which provides several ciphering and hashing algorithms. All cryptography operations use the MUSDK library crypto API. - See the :doc:`../cryptodevs/mrvl` document for more details. + See the :doc:`../cryptodevs/mvsam` document for more details. * **Add new benchmarking mode to dpdk-test-crypto-perf application.** @@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ New Features * **Added the Security Offload Library.** Added an experimental library - ``rte_security``. This provide security APIs - for protocols like IPSec using inline ipsec offload to ethernet devices or + for protocols like IPsec using inline ipsec offload to ethernet devices or full protocol offload with lookaside crypto devices. See the :doc:`../prog_guide/rte_security` section of the DPDK Programmers @@ -204,11 +207,24 @@ New Features * **Updated the DPAA2_SEC crypto driver to support rte_security.** Updated the ``dpaa2_sec`` crypto PMD to support ``rte_security`` lookaside - protocol offload for IPSec. + protocol offload for IPsec. * **Updated the IXGBE ethernet driver to support rte_security.** - Updated ixgbe ethernet PMD to support ``rte_security`` inline IPSec offload. + Updated ixgbe ethernet PMD to support ``rte_security`` inline IPsec offload. + +* **Updated i40e driver to support GTP-C/GTP-U.** + + Updated i40e PMD to support GTP-C/GTP-U with GTP-C/GTP-U supporting + profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device personalization (DDP) + process. + +* **Added the i40e ethernet driver to support queue region feature.** + + This feature enable queue regions configuration for RSS in PF, + so that different traffic classes or different packet + classification types can be separated into different queues in + different queue regions. * **Updated ipsec-secgw application to support rte_security.** @@ -459,7 +475,7 @@ API Changes * **Added mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN and PKT_RX_QINQ.** Two ``mbuf`` flags have been added to indicate that the VLAN - identifier has been saved in in the ``mbuf`` structure. For instance: + identifier has been saved in the ``mbuf`` structure. For instance: - If VLAN is not stripped and TCI is saved: ``PKT_RX_VLAN`` - If VLAN is stripped and TCI is saved: ``PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED`` @@ -493,7 +509,7 @@ ABI Changes * **New parameter added to rte_eth_dev.** A new parameter ``security_ctx`` has been added to ``rte_eth_dev`` to - support security operations like IPSec inline. + support security operations like IPsec inline. * **New parameter added to rte_cryptodev.**