From cd5cc12dd66e1bfef2d664bbfc8658935fdd86fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shahaf Shuler Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 14:31:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update mlx PMD release notes Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst index 689080bed4..4968542bbd 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst @@ -83,6 +83,33 @@ New Features profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device personalization (DDP) process. +* **Updated mlx5 driver.** + + Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes: + + * Enabled compilation as a plugin, thus removed the mandatory dependency with rdma-core. + With the special compilation, the rdma-core libraries will be loaded only in case + Mellanox device is being used. For binaries creation the PMD can be enabled, still not + requiring from every end user to install rdma-core. + * Improved multi-segment packet performance. + * Changed driver name to use the PCI address to be compatible with OVS-DPDK APIs. + * Extended statistics for physical port packet/byte counters. + * Supported IPv4 time-to-live filter. + * Converted to the new offloads API. + * Supported device removal check operation. + +* **Updated mlx4 driver.** + + Updated the mlx4 driver including the following changes: + + * Enabled compilation as a plugin, thus removed the mandatory dependency with rdma-core. + With the special compilation, the rdma-core libraries will be loaded only in case + Mellanox device is being used. For binaries creation the PMD can be enabled, still not + requiring from every end user to install rdma-core. + * Improved data path performance. + * Converted to the new offloads API. + * Supported device removal check operation. + * **Added NVGRE and UDP tunnels support in Solarflare network PMD.** Added support for NVGRE, VXLAN and GENEVE tunnels. -- 2.20.1