From: Alejandro Lucero Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 14:12:20 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: update release notes with NFP PF support X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~1984 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b9b21e0eecfd48983253ee7c7f7a406356e1650b;p=dpdk.git doc: update release notes with NFP PF support Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero Acked-by: John McNamara --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst index f6f9169289..de637fb4b2 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst @@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **nfp: Added PF support.** + + Previously Netronome's NFP PMD had just support for VFs. PF support is + just as a basic DPDK port and has no VF management yet. + + PF support comes with firmware upload support which allows the PMD to + independently work from kernel netdev NFP drivers. + + NFP 4000 devices are also now supported along with previous 6000 devices. + Resolved Issues ---------------