X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_19_02.rst;h=87dfbf5c7de01722c2c6a87f9c070b77e2b8f66d;hb=ac21f3336816c4be92fb2f2b0941439e6bc92182;hp=8034088e1aa27604da9fd68cfa4fefc404778ba2;hpb=58a8e49a98ee4e986210816b45665ee81fb964cc;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst index 8034088e1a..87dfbf5c7d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= -* **Added support to free hugepages exactly as originally allocated.** +* **Added support for freeing hugepages exactly as originally allocated.** Some applications using memory event callbacks (especially for managing RDMA memory regions) require that memory be freed back to the system @@ -69,38 +69,76 @@ New Features chunks of external memory to be registered with DPDK without adding them to the malloc heap. -* **Support for using virtio-user without hugepages** - - The --no-huge mode was augmented to use memfd-backed memory (on systems that - support memfd), to allow using virtio-user-based NICs without hugepages. +* **Added support for using virtio-user without hugepages.** + + The ``--no-huge`` mode was augmented to use memfd-backed memory (on systems + that support memfd), to allow using virtio-user-based NICs without + hugepages. + +* **Release of the ENA PMD v2.0.0.** + + Version 2.0.0 of the ENA PMD was added with the following additions: + + * Added Low Latency Queue v2 (LLQv2). This feature reduces the latency + of the packets by pushing the header directly through the PCI to the + device. This allows the NIC to start handle packets right after the doorbell + without waiting for DMA. + * Added independent configuration of HW Tx and Rx ring depths. + * Added support for up to 8k Rx descriptors per ring. + * Added additional doorbell check on Tx, to handle Tx more efficiently for big + bursts of packets. + * Added per queue statistics. + * Added extended statistics using xstats DPDK API. + * The reset routine was aligned with the DPDK API, so now it can be + handled as in other PMDs. + * Fixed out of order (OOO) completion. + * Fixed memory leaks due to port stops and starts in the middle of + traffic. + * Updated documentation and features list of the PMD. + +* **Updated mlx5 driver.** + + Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes: + + * Fixed ``imissed`` counter to be reported through ``rte_eth_stats`` instead + of ``rte_eth_xstats``. + * Added packet header modification through Direct Verbs flow driver. + * Added ConnectX-6 PCI device ID to be proved by ``mlx5`` driver. + * Added flow counter support to Direct Verbs flow driver though DevX. + * Renamed build options for the glue layer to + ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN`` for make and ``ibverbs_link`` for meson. + * Added static linkage of ``mlx`` dependency. + * Improved stability of E-Switch flow driver. + * Added new make build configuration to set the cacheline size for BlueField + correctly - ``arm64-bluefield-linux-gcc``. * **Updated the enic driver.** - * Added support for ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. - * Added the handler to get firmware version string. + * Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. + * Added a handler to get the firmware version string. * Added support for multicast filtering. * **Added dynamic queues allocation support for i40e VF.** - Previously, available queues of VF is reserved by PF at initialize stage. - Now both DPDK PF and Kernel PF (>=2.1.14) will support dynamic queue - allocation. At runtime, when VF request more queue number exceed the initial - reserved amount, PF can allocate up to 16 queues as the request after a VF - reset. + Previously, the available VF queues were reserved by PF at initialization + stage. Now both DPDK PF and Kernel PF (>=2.1.14) will support dynamic queue + allocation. At runtime, when VF requests for more queue exceed the initial + reserved amount, the PF can allocate up to 16 queues as the request after a + VF reset. -* **Added ICE net PMD** +* **Added ICE net PMD.** - Added the new ``ice`` net driver for Intel® Ethernet Network Adapters E810. + Added the new ``ice`` net driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Network Adapters E810. See the :doc:`../nics/ice` NIC guide for more details on this new driver. * **Added support for SW-assisted VDPA live migration.** This SW-assisted VDPA live migration facility helps VDPA devices without logging capability to perform live migration, a mediated SW relay can help - devices to track dirty pages caused by DMA. IFC driver has enabled this + devices to track dirty pages caused by DMA. the IFC driver has enabled this SW-assisted live migration mode. -* **Added security checks to cryptodev symmetric session operations.** +* **Added security checks to the cryptodev symmetric session operations.** Added a set of security checks to the access cryptodev symmetric session. The checks include the session's user data read/write check and the @@ -108,9 +146,34 @@ New Features * **Updated the AESNI-MB PMD.** - * Add support for intel-ipsec-mb version 0.52. - * Add AES-GMAC algorithm support. - * Add Plain SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512 algorithms support. + * Added support for intel-ipsec-mb version 0.52. + * Added AES-GMAC algorithm support. + * Added Plain SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512 algorithms support. + +* **Added IPsec Library.** + + Added an experimental library ``librte_ipsec`` to provide ESP tunnel and + transport support for IPv4 and IPv6 packets. + + The library provides support for AES-CBC ciphering and AES-CBC with HMAC-SHA1 + algorithm-chaining, and AES-GCM and NULL algorithms only at present. It is + planned to add more algorithms in future releases. + + See :doc:`../prog_guide/ipsec_lib` for more information. + +* **Updated the ipsec-secgw sample application.** + + The ``ipsec-secgw`` sample application has been updated to use the new + ``librte_ipsec`` library, which has also been added in this release. + The original functionality of ipsec-secgw is retained, a new command line + parameter ``-l`` has been added to ipsec-secgw to use the IPsec library, + instead of the existing IPsec code in the application. + + The IPsec library does not support all the functionality of the existing + ipsec-secgw application. It is planned to add the outstanding functionality + in future releases. + + See :doc:`../sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw` for more information. * **Enabled checksum support in the ISA-L compressdev driver.** @@ -122,18 +185,13 @@ New Features Added a new performance test tool to test the compressdev PMD. The tool tests compression ratio and compression throughput. +* **Added intel_pstate support to Power Management library.** -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. - ========================================================= + Previously, using the power management library required the + disabling of the intel_pstate kernel driver, and the enabling of the + acpi_cpufreq kernel driver. This is no longer the case, as the use of + the intel_pstate kernel driver is now supported, and automatically + detected by the library. API Changes @@ -152,21 +210,24 @@ API Changes ========================================================= * eal: Function ``rte_bsf64`` in ``rte_bitmap.h`` has been renamed to - ``rte_bsf64_safe`` and moved to ``rte_common.h``. A new ``rte_bsf64`` function - has been added in ``rte_common.h`` that follows convention set by existing - ``rte_bsf32`` function. + ``rte_bsf64_safe`` and moved to ``rte_common.h``. A new ``rte_bsf64`` + function has been added in ``rte_common.h`` that follows the convention set + by the existing ``rte_bsf32`` function. * eal: Segment fd API on Linux now sets error code to ``ENOTSUP`` in more cases - where segment fd API is not expected to be supported: + where segment the fd API is not expected to be supported: - - On attempt to get segment fd for an externally allocated memory segment + - On attempt to get a segment fd for an externally allocated memory segment - In cases where memfd support would have been required to provide segment - fd's (such as in-memory or no-huge mode) + fds (such as in-memory or no-huge mode) * eal: Functions ``rte_malloc_dump_stats()``, ``rte_malloc_dump_heaps()`` and ``rte_malloc_get_socket_stats()`` are no longer safe to call concurrently with ``rte_malloc_heap_create()`` or ``rte_malloc_heap_destroy()`` function calls. +* mbuf: ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()``, which was deprecated in 18.05, was replaced + with ``RTE_MBUF_CLONED()`` and removed in 19.02. + * sched: As result of the new format of the mbuf sched field, the functions ``rte_sched_port_pkt_write()`` and ``rte_sched_port_pkt_read_tree_path()`` got an additional parameter of @@ -179,10 +240,10 @@ API Changes * cryptodev: The parameter ``session_pool`` in the function ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_setup()`` is removed. -* cryptodev: a new function ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_pool_create()`` is +* cryptodev: a new function ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_pool_create()`` has been introduced. This function is now mandatory when creating symmetric session header mempool. Please note all crypto applications are required to use this - function from now on. Failed to do so will cause + function from now on. Failed to do so will cause a ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create()`` function call return error. @@ -204,15 +265,15 @@ ABI Changes * mbuf: The format of the sched field of ``rte_mbuf`` has been changed to include the following fields: ``queue ID``, ``traffic class``, ``color``. -* cryptodev: as shown in the the 18.11 deprecation notice, the structure - ``rte_cryptodev_qp_conf`` has been added two parameters of symmetric session +* cryptodev: as shown in the 18.11 deprecation notice, the structure + ``rte_cryptodev_qp_conf`` has added two parameters for symmetric session mempool and symmetric session private data mempool. -* cryptodev: as shown in the the 18.11 deprecation notice, the structure +* cryptodev: as shown in the 18.11 deprecation notice, the structure ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` has been updated to contain more information to ensure safely accessing the session and session private data. -* security: New field ``uint64_t opaque_data`` is added into +* security: A new field ``uint64_t opaque_data`` has been added to ``rte_security_session`` structure. That would allow upper layer to easily associate/de-associate some user defined data with the security session. @@ -306,6 +367,21 @@ Known Issues Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* ``AVX-512`` support has been disabled for ``GCC`` builds when ``binutils 2.30`` + is detected [1] because of a crash [2]. This can affect ``native`` machine type + build targets on the platforms that support ``AVX512F`` like ``Intel Skylake`` + processors, and can cause a possible performance drop. The immediate workaround + is to use ``clang`` compiler on these platforms. + Initial workaround in DPDK v18.11 was to disable ``AVX-512`` support for ``GCC`` + completely, but based on information on defect submitted to GCC community [3], + issue has been identified as ``binutils 2.30`` issue. Since currently only GCC + generates ``AVX-512`` instructions, the scope is limited to ``GCC`` and + ``binutils 2.30`` + + - [1]: Commit ("mk: fix scope of disabling AVX512F support") + - [2]: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97 + - [3]: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88096 + Tested Platforms ---------------- @@ -325,3 +401,265 @@ 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 Intel(R) NICs combinations + + * CPU + + * Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3758 @ 2.20GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz + * 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 E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8180 CPU @ 2.50GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6139 CPU @ 2.30GHz + + * OS: + + * CentOS 7.4 + * CentOS 7.5 + * Fedora 25 + * Fedora 28 + * FreeBSD 11.2 + * FreeBSD 12.0 + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 + * Open SUSE 15 + * Wind River Linux 8 + * Ubuntu 14.04 + * Ubuntu 16.04 + * Ubuntu 16.10 + * Ubuntu 18.04 + * Ubuntu 18.10 + + * NICs: + + * Intel(R) 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller + + * Firmware version: 0x61bf0001 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:10fb / 8086:10ed + * Driver version: 5.2.3 (ixgbe) + + * Intel(R) Corporation Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T + + * Firmware version: 0x800003e7 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:15ad / 8086:15a8 + * Driver version: 4.4.6 (ixgbe) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 (4x10G) + + * Firmware version: 6.80 0x80003cc1 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c + * Driver version: 2.7.26 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (4x10G) + + * Firmware version: 3.33 0x80000fd5 0.0.0 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:37d0 / 8086:37cd + * Driver version: 2.7.26 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (2x25G) + + * Firmware version: 6.80 0x80003d05 + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:158b / 8086:154c + * Driver version: 2.7.26 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2 (2X40G) + + * Firmware version: 6.80 0x80003cfb + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1583 / 8086:154c + * Driver version: 2.7.26 (i40e) + + * Intel(R) Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection + + * Firmware version: 1.63, 0x80000dda + * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1521 / 8086:1520 + * Driver version: 5.4.0-k (igb) + +* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations + + * CPU: + + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz + * 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 E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz + + * OS: + + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.6 (Maipo) + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo) + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 (Maipo) + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo) + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo) + * Ubuntu 18.10 + * Ubuntu 18.04 + * Ubuntu 17.10 + * Ubuntu 16.04 + * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 + + * MLNX_OFED: 4.4-2.0.1.0 + * MLNX_OFED: 4.5-1.0.1.0 + + * 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: 2.42.5000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * 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: 12.24.1000 and above + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.24.1000 and above + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1019 + * Firmware version: 16.24.1000 and above + +* ARM platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations + + * CPU: + + * Qualcomm ARM 1.1 2500MHz + + * OS: + + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo) + + * NICs: + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.24.0220 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.24.0220 + +* Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC + + * Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC MT416842 (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:a2d2 + * Firmware version: 18.24.0328 + + * SoC ARM cores running OS: + + * CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (AltArch) + * MLNX_OFED 4.4-2.5.9.0 + + * DPDK application running on ARM cores inside SmartNIC + +* Power 9 platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations + + * CPU: + + * POWER9 2.2 (pvr 004e 1202) 2300MHz + + * OS: + + * Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver) + + * NICs: + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.23.1020 + + * OFED: + + * MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.5-1.0.1.0