doc: update release notes for mlx driver

Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
index 5981eea..c355476 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ New Features
   Rx queues can be armed with an interrupt which will trigger on the
   next packet arrival.
 
+* **Updated mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated the mlx5 driver, include the following changes:
+
+  * Added vectorized Rx/Tx burst for x86.
+  * Added support for isolated mode from flow API.
+  * Re-worked flow drop action to implement in hardware classifier.
+  * Improved Rx interrupts management.
+
 * **Updated szedata2 PMD.**
 
   Added support for firmwares with multiple Ethernet ports per physical port.
@@ -429,3 +438,120 @@ 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(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
+
+   * Platform details:
+
+     * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz
+     * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
+     * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+     * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
+
+   * OS:
+
+     * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo)
+     * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
+     * Ubuntu 16.10
+     * Ubuntu 16.04
+     * Ubuntu 14.04
+
+   * MLNX_OFED: 4.1-1.0.2.0
+
+   * NICs:
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1007
+       * Firmware version: 2.40.5030
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+       * Firmware version: 14.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+       * Firmware version: 14.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+       * Firmware version: 16.19.1200
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1019
+       * Firmware version: 16.19.1200