From: Shahaf Shuler Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:46:44 +0000 (+0200) Subject: doc: add mlx5 release notes X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=94c11d4325d547d9940c5596f93a360785df2dbc;p=dpdk.git doc: add mlx5 release notes Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst index 32ff0e5c08..f66ade2a52 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst @@ -142,6 +142,23 @@ New Features See the :doc:`../nics/atlantic` nic driver guide for more details on this driver. +* **Updated mlx5 driver.** + + Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes: + + * Improved security of PMD to prevent the NIC from getting stuck when + application misbehaves. + * reworked flow engine to supported e-switch flow rules (transfer attribute). + * Supported header re-write(L2-L4), VXLAN encap/decap, count ,match + on TCP flags and multiple flow groups with e-switch flow rules. + * Supported match on medatada, VXLAN and MPLS encap/decap with flow rules. + * Supported RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE flag to provide better support for + representors. + * Supported meson build. + * Fixed build issue with PPC. + * Supported BlueField VF. + * Supported externally allocated static memory for DMA. + * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.** Updated the sfc_efx driver including the following changes: