X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_19_11.rst;h=055de8f2e3b53dbbffd1d3e56f4659e53f8b4bb5;hb=af0c246a3800;hp=fc9da16b2b3222bcea02dbf13566eb946983f9cd;hpb=2f8a1b963eb772acaab7ceb1e2a2e728f33ebd3e;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst index fc9da16b2b..055de8f2e3 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst @@ -56,16 +56,35 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **FreeBSD now supports `--base-virtaddr` EAL option.** + + FreeBSD version now also supports setting base virtual address for mapping + pages and resources into its address space. + * **Added Lock-free Stack for aarch64.** The lock-free stack implementation is enabled for aarch64 platforms. +* **Updated the enic driver.** + + * Added support for Geneve with options offload. + * Added flow API implementation based on VIC Flow Manager API. + * **Added Hisilicon hns3 PMD.** Added the new ``hns3`` net driver for the inbuilt Hisilicon Network Subsystem 3(HNS3) network engine found in the Hisilicon Kunpeng 920 SoC. See the :doc:`../nics/hns3` guide for more details on this new driver. +* **Added NXP PFE PMD.** + + Added the new PFE driver for the NXP LS1012A platform. See the + :doc:`../nics/pfe` NIC driver guide for more details on this new driver. + +* **Updated iavf PMD.** + + Enable AVX2 data path for iavf PMD. + * **Updated the Intel e1000 driver.** Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. @@ -82,6 +101,15 @@ New Features Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. +* **Added RX/TX packet burst mode get API.** + + Added two new functions ``rte_eth_rx_burst_mode_get`` and + ``rte_eth_tx_burst_mode_get`` that allow an application + to retrieve the mode information about RX/TX packet burst + such as Scalar or Vector, and Vector technology like AVX2. + Another new function ``rte_eth_burst_mode_option_name`` is + provided for burst mode options stringification. + * **Updated the Intel ice driver.** Updated the Intel ice driver with new features and improvements, including: @@ -89,13 +117,37 @@ New Features * Added support for device-specific DDP package loading. * Added support for handling Receive Flex Descriptor. * Added support for protocol extraction on per Rx queue. + * Added support for Flow Director filter based on generic filter framework. * Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. + * Generic filter enhancement + - Supported pipeline mode. + - Supported new packet type like PPPoE for switch filter. * **Added cryptodev asymmetric session-less operation.** Added session-less option to cryptodev asymmetric structure. It works the same way as symmetric crypto, corresponding xform is used directly by the crypto op. +* **Updated the Huawei hinic driver.** + + Updated the Huawei hinic driver with new features and improvements, including: + + * Enabled SR-IOV - Partially supported at this point, VFIO only. + * Supported VLAN filter and VLAN offload. + * Supported Unicast MAC filter and Multicast MAC filter. + * Supported Flow director for LACP, VRRP, BGP and so on. + * Supported FW version get. + +* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.** + + Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including: + + * Added support for VLAN pop flow offload command. + * Added support for VLAN push flow offload command. + * Added support for VLAN set PCP offload command. + * Added support for VLAN set VID offload command. + * Added support for matching on packets withe Geneve tunnel header. + * **Added Marvell NITROX symmetric crypto PMD.** Added a symmetric crypto PMD for Marvell NITROX V security processor. @@ -125,6 +177,12 @@ New Features classic 2-pass mode when running on QAT GEN3, significantly improving the performance of AES GCM operations. +* **Updated the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) asymmetric crypto PMD.** + + * Added support for asymmetric session-less operations. + * Added support for RSA algorithm with pair (n, d) private key representation. + * Added support for RSA algorithm with quintuple private key representation. + * **Updated the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) compression PMD.** Added stateful decompression support in the Intel QuickAssist Technology PMD. @@ -136,6 +194,12 @@ New Features and use memory zones as external buffers instead of keeping the data directly in mbuf areas. +* **Updated the IPSec library.** + + Added SA Database API to ``librte_ipsec``. A new test-sad application is also + introduced to evaluate and perform custom functional and performance tests + for IPsec SAD implementation. + * **Introduced FIFO for NTB PMD.** Introduced FIFO for NTB (Non-transparent Bridge) PMD to support @@ -146,6 +210,11 @@ New Features Added eBPF JIT support for arm64 architecture to improve the eBPF program performance. +* **Updated testpmd.** + + * Added a console command to testpmd app, ``show port (port_id) ptypes`` which + gives ability to print port supported ptypes in different protocol layers. + Removed Items ------------- @@ -345,12 +414,3 @@ Tested Platforms Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= -* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.** - - Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including: - - * Added support for VLAN pop flow offload command. - * Added support for VLAN push flow offload command. - * Added support for VLAN set PCP offload command. - * Added support for VLAN set VID offload command. -