X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_19_11.rst;h=581cb237829a29a8bf245cea45cf7d85e1aa9169;hb=52d4b732ec8101fa9e13cb409380aa1211aeffe1;hp=8049144e1ca5974db0aed5a2971e4166be1fcacf;hpb=aa983f03ad2e16a869e6ce53e261d02fb450bb67;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst index 8049144e1c..581cb23782 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst @@ -56,11 +56,56 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **Added Lock-free Stack for aarch64.** + + The lock-free stack implementation is enabled for aarch64 platforms. + +* **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. + +* **Updated the Intel e1000 driver.** + + Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. + +* **Updated the Intel ixgbe driver.** + + Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. + +* **Updated the Intel i40e driver.** + + Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. + +* **Updated the Intel fm10k driver.** + + Added support for the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. + +* **Updated the Intel ice driver.** + + Updated the Intel ice driver with new features and improvements, including: + + * 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 the ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE`` flag. + +* **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. + * **Added Marvell NITROX symmetric crypto PMD.** Added a symmetric crypto PMD for Marvell NITROX V security processor. See the :doc:`../cryptodevs/nitrox` guide for more details on this new +* **Added asymmetric support to Marvell OCTEON TX crypto PMD.** + + Added support for asymmetric operations in Marvell OCTEON TX cypto PMD. + Supports RSA and modexp operations. + * **Updated NXP crypto PMDs for PDCP support.** PDCP support is added to DPAA_SEC and DPAA2_SEC PMDs using rte_security APIs. @@ -79,6 +124,22 @@ New Features Added stateful decompression support in the Intel QuickAssist Technology PMD. Please note that stateful compression is not supported. +* **Added external buffers support for dpdk-test-compress-perf tool.** + + Added a command line option to dpdk-test-compress-perf tool to allocate + and use memory zones as external buffers instead of keeping the data directly + in mbuf areas. + +* **Introduced FIFO for NTB PMD.** + + Introduced FIFO for NTB (Non-transparent Bridge) PMD to support + packet based processing. + +* **Added eBPF JIT support for arm64.** + + Added eBPF JIT support for arm64 architecture to improve the eBPF program + performance. + Removed Items ------------- @@ -92,14 +153,17 @@ Removed Items Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= - * Removed duplicated set of commands for RX offloading configuration from app/testpmd: - “port config all crc-strip|scatter|rx-cksum|rx-timestamp|hw-vlan|hw-vlan-filter| - hw-vlan-strip|hw-vlan-extend on|off”. +* Removed duplicated set of commands for Rx offload configuration from testpmd:: + + port config all crc-strip|scatter|rx-cksum|rx-timestamp| + hw-vlan|hw-vlan-filter|hw-vlan-strip|hw-vlan-extend on|off + + The testpmd commands set that can be used instead + in order to enable or disable Rx offloading on all Rx queues of a port is:: - The testpmd commands set that can be used instead in order to enable or disable Rx - offloading on all Rx queues of a port is: - "port config rx_offload crc_strip|scatter|ipv4_cksum|udp_cksum|tcp_cksum| - timestamp|vlan_strip|vlan_filter|vlan_extend on|off" + port config rx_offload crc_strip|scatter| + ipv4_cksum|udp_cksum|tcp_cksum|timestamp| + vlan_strip|vlan_filter|vlan_extend on|off API Changes @@ -117,6 +181,35 @@ API Changes Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_dev_infos_get`` return value from ``void`` to + ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions. + +* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_promiscuous_enable`` and + ``rte_eth_promiscuous_disable`` return value from ``void`` to ``int`` to + provide a way to report various error conditions. + +* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_allmulticast_enable`` and + ``rte_eth_allmulticast_disable`` return value from ``void`` to ``int`` to + provide a way to report various error conditions. + +* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_dev_xstats_reset`` return value from ``void`` to + ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions. + +* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_link_get`` and ``rte_eth_link_get_nowait`` + return value from ``void`` to ``int`` to provide a way to report various + error conditions. + +* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_macaddr_get`` return value from ``void`` to + ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions. + +* ethdev: changed ``rte_eth_dev_owner_delete`` return value from ``void`` to + ``int`` to provide a way to report various error conditions. + +* event: The function ``rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_enqueue`` takes an additional + input as ``flags``. Flag ``RTE_EVENT_ETH_TX_ADAPTER_ENQUEUE_SAME_DEST`` which + has been introduced in this release is used when used when all the packets + enqueued in the tx adapter are destined for the same Ethernet port & Tx queue. + ABI Changes ----------- @@ -168,8 +261,8 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version. librte_distributor.so.1 librte_eal.so.11 librte_efd.so.1 - librte_ethdev.so.12 - librte_eventdev.so.7 + + librte_ethdev.so.13 + + librte_eventdev.so.8 librte_flow_classify.so.1 librte_gro.so.1 librte_gso.so.1 @@ -246,3 +339,12 @@ 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. +