X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_19_08.rst;h=8c3932d0634301d7c63d85b30d698fd3fa00fa70;hb=092a9de50b25c2b66eb79be83bee21c2db2f08e5;hp=c199270c5c82a0ea5a6b23a5c5f3a803ff8e9a45;hpb=e404de13054a4149253ddd3fb1f179a4c7d7ae4d;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst index c199270c5c..8c3932d063 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst @@ -54,6 +54,40 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **Updated the bnxt PMD.** + + Updated the bnxt PMD. The major enhancements include: + + * Performance optimizations in non-vector Tx path + * Added support for SSE vector mode + * Updated HWRM API to version 1.10.0.74 + +* **Added support for Broadcom NetXtreme-E BCM57500 Ethernet controllers.** + + Added support to the bnxt PMD for the BCM57500 (a.k.a. "Thor") family + of Ethernet controllers. These controllers support link speeds up to + 200Gbps, 50G PAM-4, and PCIe 4.0. + +* **Updated Solarflare network PMD.** + + Updated the Solarflare ``sfc_efx`` driver with changes including: + + * Added support for Rx interrupts. + +* **Added memif PMD.** + + Added the new Shared Memory Packet Interface (``memif``) PMD. + See the :doc:`../nics/memif` guide for more details on this new driver. + +* **Updated the AF_XDP PMD.** + + Updated the AF_XDP PMD. The new features include: + + * Enabled zero copy through mbuf's external memory mechanism to achieve + high performance + * Added multi-queue support to allow one af_xdp vdev with multiple netdev + queues + Removed Items -------------