net/ixgbe/base: add base driver update brief

The ixgbe base driver was updated to version
cid-10g-shared-code.2016.04.12.

Signed-off-by: Xiao Wang <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
Acked-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
index 1a0b5c1e321085fa5f180c8b8c54eadf214b7f1a..e7f396748f9bb2a34ac6b728e86072cca1aa28a2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ New Features
 
 * **Added virtio NEON support for ARM.**
 
+* **Updated the ixgbe base driver.**
+
+  Updated the ixgbe base driver, including the following changes:
+
+  * add X550em_a 10G PHY support
+  * support flow control auto negotiation for X550em_a 1G PHY
+  * add X550em_a FW ALEF support
+  * increase mailbox version to ixgbe_mbox_api_13
+  * add two MAC ops for Hyper-V support
+
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README
index 76e78051e7f057527bfc2e37f71e18e4e42cda32..6b54c31e1f6b591a4da032dba8784cb8fead67fe 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Intel® IXGBE driver
 ===================
 
 This directory contains source code of FreeBSD ixgbe driver of version
-cid-10g-shared-code.2016.04.12 released by ND. The sub-directory of base/
+cid-10g-shared-code.2016.08.15 released by ND. The sub-directory of base/
 contains the original source package.
 This driver is valid for the product(s) listed below