From: Pascal Mazon Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:02:21 +0000 (+0200) Subject: doc: detail new tap features in release note X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=af84ca8e5c3b4efda4689ea42e720dc687593dbc;p=dpdk.git doc: detail new tap features in release note Signed-off-by: Pascal Mazon Acked-by: Keith Wiles --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst index 8f58f0b586..705ba279d7 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst @@ -132,6 +132,17 @@ New Features performance enhancements viz. configurable TX data ring, Receive Data Ring, ability to register memory regions. +* **Updated the tap driver.** + + * Support MTU modification. + * Support packet type for Rx. + * Support segmented packets on Rx and Tx. + * Speed up Rx on tap when no packets are available. + * Support capturing traffic from another netdevice. + * Dynamically change link status when the underlying interface state changes. + * Generic flow API support for Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP and TCP pattern + items with DROP, QUEUE and PASSTHRU actions for ingress traffic. + Resolved Issues ---------------