X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_21_05.rst;h=2bf5a58d860be94d7080c78ff4019ca4c16150eb;hb=edd89fd53f6c4c5e1da01f4065824727c86dde82;hp=1c2e0932948a10b24126dd79bb970eca79fb0c59;hpb=f96a8ebb2729bbac48f5e2e7bb30b050540bc65e;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst index 1c2e093294..2bf5a58d86 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst @@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ======================================================= +* **Added Alpine Linux with musl libc support** + + The distribution Alpine Linux, using musl libc and busybox, + got initial support starting with building DPDK without modification. + * **Added phase-fair lock.** Phase-fair lock provides fairness guarantees. @@ -70,6 +75,8 @@ New Features net, crypto and event PMD's. * Added mempool/cnxk driver which provides the support for the integrated mempool device. + * Added event/cnxk driver which provides the support for integrated event + device. * **Enhanced ethdev representor syntax.** @@ -81,11 +88,37 @@ New Features representor=[[c#]pf#]sf# sf[0,2-1023] /* 1023 SFs. */ representor=[c#]pf# c2pf[0,1] /* 2 PFs on controller 2. */ -* **Added support for meter PPS profile.** +* **Added queue state in queried Rx/Tx queue info.** + + * Added new field ``queue_state`` to ``rte_eth_rxq_info`` structure to + provide indicated Rx queue state. + * Added new field ``queue_state`` to ``rte_eth_txq_info`` structure to + provide indicated Tx queue state. + +* **Updated meter API.** + + * Added packet mode in the meter profile parameters data structures + to support metering traffic by packet per second (PPS), + in addition to the initial bytes per second (BPS) mode (value 0). + * Added support of pre-defined meter policy via flow action list per color. + +* **Added packet integrity match to flow rules.** + + * Added ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_INTEGRITY`` flow item. + * Added ``rte_flow_item_integrity`` data structure. + +* **Added TCP connection tracking offload in flow API.** + + * Added conntrack item and action for stateful connection offload. - Added packet mode in the meter profile parameters data structures - to support metering traffic by packet per second (PPS), - in addition to the initial bytes per second (BPS) mode (value 0). +* **Updated Amazon ENA PMD.** + + The new driver version (v2.3.0) introduced bug fixes and improvements, + including: + + * Changed memcpy mapping to the dpdk-optimized version. + * Updated ena_com (HAL) to the latest version. + * Added indication of the RSS hash presence in the mbuf. * **Updated Arkville PMD driver.** @@ -139,7 +172,13 @@ New Features Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including: * Added support for VXLAN and NVGRE encap as sample actions. + * Added support for flow COUNT action handle. * Support push VLAN on ingress traffic and pop VLAN on egress traffic in E-Switch mode. + * Added support for pre-defined meter policy API. + * Added support for ASO (Advanced Steering Operation) meter. + * Added support for ASO metering by PPS (packet per second). + * Added support for the monitor policy of Power Management API. + * Added support for connection tracking. * **Updated NXP DPAA driver.** @@ -156,13 +195,22 @@ New Features * Added support for txgbevf PMD. * Support device arguments to handle AN training for backplane NICs. + * Added support for VXLAN-GPE. * **Enabled vmxnet3 PMD on Windows.** +* **Enabled libpcap-based PMD on Windows.** + + A libpcap distribution, such as Npcap or WinPcap, is required to run the PMD. + * **Updated the AF_XDP driver.** * Added support for preferred busy polling. +* **Added support for vhost async packed ring data path.** + + Added packed ring support for async vhost. + * **Added support of multiple data-units in cryptodev API.** The cryptodev library has been enhanced to allow operations on multiple @@ -203,14 +251,41 @@ New Features the events across multiple stages. * This also reduced the scheduling overhead on a event device. +* **Updated Intel DLB2 driver.** + + * Added support for v2.5 device. + +* **Added Predictable RSS functionality to the Toeplitz hash library.** + + Added feature for finding collisions of the Toeplitz hash function - + the hash function used in NICs to spread the traffic among the queues. + It can be used to get predictable mapping of the flows. + * **Updated testpmd.** * Added a command line option to configure forced speed for Ethernet port. ``dpdk-testpmd -- --eth-link-speed N`` + * Added command to show link flow control info. + ``show port (port_id) flow_ctrl`` * Added command to display Rx queue used descriptor count. ``show port (port_id) rxq (queue_id) desc used count`` + * Added command to cleanup a Tx queue's mbuf on a port. + ``port cleanup (port_id) txq (queue_id) (free_cnt)`` * Added command to dump internal representation information of single flow. ``flow dump (port_id) rule (rule_id)`` + * Added commands to create and delete meter policy. + ``add port meter policy (port_id) (policy_id) ...`` + * Added commands to construct conntrack context and relevant indirect + action handle creation, update for conntrack action as well as conntrack + item matching. + * Added commands for action meter color to color the packet to reflect + the meter color result. + ``color type (green|yellow|red)`` + +* **Added support for the FIB lookup method in the l3fwd example app.** + + Previously the l3fwd sample app only supported LPM and EM lookup methods, + the app now supports the Forwarding Information Base (FIB) lookup method. * **Updated ipsec-secgw sample application.** @@ -224,6 +299,11 @@ New Features * Added support for crypto adapter forward mode in octeontx2 event and crypto device driver. +* **Added sub-testsuite support.** + + * The unit test suite struct now supports having both a nested + list of sub-testsuites, and a list of testcases as before. + Removed Items ------------- @@ -270,6 +350,33 @@ API Changes ``rte_cryptodev_raw_dequeue_burst`` got a new parameter ``max_nb_to_dequeue`` to provide flexible control on dequeue. +* ethdev: The experimental flow API for shared action has been generalized + as a flow action handle used in rules through an indirect action. + The functions ``rte_flow_shared_action_*`` manipulating the action object + are replaced with ``rte_flow_action_handle_*``. + The action ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SHARED`` is deprecated and can be + replaced with ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INDIRECT``. + +* ethdev: The experimental function ``rte_mtr_policer_actions_update()``, + the enum ``rte_mtr_policer_action``, and the struct members + ``policer_action_recolor_supported`` and ``policer_action_drop_supported`` + have been removed. + +* vhost: The vhost library currently populates received mbufs from a virtio + driver with Tx offload flags while not filling Rx offload flags. + While this behavior is arguable, it is kept untouched. + A new flag ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS`` has been added to ask + for a behavior compliant with the mbuf offload API. + +* stack: Lock-free ``rte_stack`` no longer silently ignores push and pop when + it's not supported on the current platform. Instead ``rte_stack_create()`` + fails and ``rte_errno`` is set to ``ENOTSUP``. + +* raw/ioat: The experimental function ``rte_ioat_completed_ops()`` now + supports two additional parameters, ``status`` and ``num_unsuccessful``, + to allow the reporting of errors from hardware when performing copy + operations. + ABI Changes ----------- @@ -327,3 +434,122 @@ 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\ |reg| platforms with Mellanox\ |reg| NICs combinations + + * CPU: + + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2650 v3 @ 2.30GHz + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GHz + * Intel\ |reg| Xeon\ |reg| CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz + + * OS: + + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.2 (Ootpa) + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.8 (Maipo) + * 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 20.04 + * Ubuntu 18.04 + * Ubuntu 16.04 + * SUSE Enterprise Linux 15 SP2 + * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12 SP4 + + * OFED: + + * MLNX_OFED 5.3-1.0.0.1 and above + * MLNX_OFED 5.2-2.2.0.0 + + * upstream kernel: + + * Linux 5.13.0-rc1 and above + + * rdma-core: + + * rdma-core-35.0-1 and above + + * NICs: + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1007 + * Firmware version: 2.42.5000 + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCCT (2x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1007 + * Firmware version: 2.42.5000 + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.30.1004 and above + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-4 Lx 50G MCX4131A-GCAT (1x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.30.1004 and above + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-5 100G MCX516A-CCAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.30.1004 and above + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.30.1004 and above + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-5 100G MCX556A-EDAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.30.1004 and above + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1019 + * Firmware version: 16.30.1004 and above + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-6 Dx EN 100G MCX623106AN-CDAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:101d + * Firmware version: 22.30.1004 and above + + * Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-6 Lx EN 25G MCX631102AN-ADAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:101f + * Firmware version: 26.30.1004 and above + +* Mellanox\ |reg| BlueField\ |reg| SmartNIC + + * Mellanox\ |reg| BlueField\ |reg| 2 SmartNIC MT41686 - MBF2H332A-AEEOT_A1 (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:a2d2 + * Firmware version: 24.30.1004 and above + + * Embedded software: + + * CentOS Linux release 8.2.2004 (Core) + * MLNX_OFED 5.3-1.0.0 and above + * DPDK application running on Arm cores