X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_20_02.rst;h=925985b4f808d843755473b413869eb0cea7c442;hb=6bc987ecb860131eeb9cf97ab2ddb3775f028e9f;hp=2506f7483eb21bd24ffbf8f46ddef421280d2b51;hpb=cdd045fe82ac5b5b3e520955f631ee9baee547ff;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst index 2506f7483e..925985b4f8 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst @@ -6,56 +6,9 @@ DPDK Release 20.02 ================== -.. **Read this first.** - - The text in the sections below explains how to update the release notes. - - Use proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation in all sections. - - Variable and config names should be quoted as fixed width text: - ``LIKE_THIS``. - - Build the docs and view the output file to ensure the changes are correct:: - - make doc-guides-html - - xdg-open build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.html - - New Features ------------ -.. This section should contain new features added in this release. - Sample format: - - * **Add a title in the past tense with a full stop.** - - Add a short 1-2 sentence description in the past tense. - The description should be enough to allow someone scanning - the release notes to understand the new feature. - - If the feature adds a lot of sub-features you can use a bullet list - like this: - - * Added feature foo to do something. - * Enhanced feature bar to do something else. - - Refer to the previous release notes for examples. - - Suggested order in release notes items: - * Core libs (EAL, mempool, ring, mbuf, buses) - * Device abstraction libs and PMDs - - ethdev (lib, PMDs) - - cryptodev (lib, PMDs) - - eventdev (lib, PMDs) - - etc - * Other libs - * Apps, Examples, Tools (if significant) - - This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it. - Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. - ========================================================= - * **Added Wait Until Equal API.** A new API has been added to wait for a memory location to be updated with a @@ -234,7 +187,7 @@ New Features * **Added Marvell OCTEON TX2 End Point rawdev PMD.** Added a new OCTEON TX2 rawdev PMD for End Point mode of operation. - See the :doc:`../rawdevs/octeontx2_ep` for more details on this new PMD. + See ``rawdevs/octeontx2_ep`` for more details on this new PMD. * **Added event mode to l3fwd sample application.** @@ -255,15 +208,6 @@ New Features 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. - ========================================================= - * **Disabled building all the Linux kernel modules by default.** In order to remove the build time dependency on the Linux kernel, @@ -283,58 +227,30 @@ Removed Items API Changes ----------- -.. This section should contain API changes. Sample format: - - * sample: Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change - which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release. - Start with a scope label like "ethdev:". - Use fixed width quotes for ``function_names`` or ``struct_names``. - Use 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. - ========================================================= - * No change in this release. +.. _20_02_abi_changes: + ABI Changes ----------- -.. This section should contain ABI changes. Sample format: - - * sample: Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the ABI change - which was announced in the previous releases and made in this release. - Start with a scope label like "ethdev:". - Use fixed width quotes for ``function_names`` or ``struct_names``. - Use the past tense. +* No change, kept ABI v20. DPDK 20.02 is compatible with DPDK 19.11. - This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it. - Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. - ========================================================= +* The soname for each stable ABI version should be just the ABI version major + number without the minor number. Unfortunately both major and minor were used + in the v19.11 release, causing version v20.x releases to be incompatible with + ABI v20.0. -* No change, kept ABI v20. DPDK 20.02 is compatible with DPDK 19.11. + The `commit f26c2b39b271 `_ + fixed the issue by switching from 2-part to 3-part ABI version numbers so that + we can keep v20.0 as soname and using the final digits to identify the DPDK + 20.x releases which are ABI compatible. Tested Platforms ---------------- -.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested - with this release. - - The format is: - - * platform with combinations - - * List of CPU - * List of OS - * List of devices - * Other relevant details... - - This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it. - Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. - ========================================================= - * Intel\ |reg| platforms with Intel\ |reg| NICs combinations * CPU @@ -562,3 +478,18 @@ Tested Platforms * OFED: * MLNX_OFED 5.0-0.4.1.0 + +* ARMv8 SoC combinations from Marvell (with integrated NICs) + + * SoC: + + * CN83xx, CN96xx, CN93xx + + * OS (Based on Marvell OCTEON TX SDK-10.3.2.x): + + * Arch Linux + * Buildroot 2018.11 + * Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS + * Ubuntu 16.10 + * Ubuntu 18.04.1 + * Ubuntu 19.04