From: Shahaf Shuler Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 11:13:17 +0000 (+0300) Subject: doc: update release notes for Mellanox drivers X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=997b32c20f9d852990582a6a701b601d6a6b89c6;p=dpdk.git doc: update release notes for Mellanox drivers Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler --- diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst index 7cfbda3420..4a57c7a6aa 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Current RDMA core package and Linux kernel (recommended) Mellanox OFED as a fallback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- `Mellanox OFED`_ version: **4.3**. +- `Mellanox OFED`_ version: **4.3, 4.4**. - firmware version: **2.42.5000** and above. .. _`Mellanox OFED`: http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=26&mtag=linux_sw_drivers diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 4d692fa810..52e1213cf5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ RMDA Core with Linux Kernel Mellanox OFED ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- Mellanox OFED version: **4.2, 4.3**. +- Mellanox OFED version: **4.3, 4.4**. - firmware version: - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst index a3546c8928..b3f5319c39 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst @@ -76,6 +76,21 @@ New Features * Add handlers to add/delete VxLAN port number. * Add devarg to specify ingress VLAN rewrite mode. +* **Updated mlx5 driver.** + + Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes: + + * Added port representors support. + * Added Flow API support for e-switch rules. + Supported ACTION_PORT_ID, ACTION_DROP, ACTION_OF_POP_VLAN, + ACTION_OF_PUSH_VLAN, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_VID, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_PCP + and ITEM_PORT_ID. + * Supported 32-bit compilation. + +* **Added TSO support for mlx4 driver.** + + The support is from MLNX_OFED_4.4 and above. + * **SoftNIC PMD rework.** The SoftNIC PMD infrastructure is restructured to use the Packet Framework,