X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_17_11.rst;h=7704559081d955c4a04652dc1ae550da1b169a71;hb=ade02f0f3e7fbb5acd98b2fdf5fce0945ad9554a;hp=ab224a96d2f5919b6f14d85148d91418d751ae35;hpb=571365dd4c5e02406aa5f2bfec389d4a49be936d;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst index ab224a96d2..7704559081 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst @@ -87,6 +87,23 @@ New Features * Removed atomics from the internal queue pair structure. * Coalesce writes to HEAD CSR on response processing. + * Coalesce writes to TAIL CSR on request processing. + +* **Updated the AESNI MB PMD.** + + The AESNI MB PMD has been updated with additional support for: + + * DES CBC algorithm. + * DES DOCSIS BPI algorithm. + + This requires the IPSec Multi-buffer library 0.47. For more details, + check out the AESNI MB PMD documenation. + +* **Add new benchmarking mode to dpdk-test-crypto-perf application.** + + Added new "PMD cyclecount" benchmark mode to dpdk-test-crypto-perf application + that displays more detailed breakdown of CPU cycles used by hardware + acceleration. * **Added IOMMU support to libvhost-user** @@ -263,6 +280,23 @@ ABI Changes The size of the field ``port_id`` in the ``rte_eth_dev_data`` structure changed, as described in the `New Features` section. + +Removed Items +------------- + +.. This section should contain removed items in this release. Sample format: + + * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the removed item in the past + tense. + + This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. + Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + ========================================================= + +* The crypto performance unit tests have been removed, + replaced by the dpdk-test-crypto-perf application. + + Shared Library Versions -----------------------