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[dpdk-dev,v2] doc: update release notes for mlx5 driver

Message ID 893f3a594ca1603abfcabb44da952477e3621dc5.1508160538.git.shahafs@mellanox.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Shahaf Shuler Oct. 16, 2017, 1:32 p.m. UTC 
  Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
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on v2:
 - Moved mlx5 notes next to net PMDs.
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

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John McNamara Oct. 16, 2017, 7:09 p.m. UTC | #1 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shahaf Shuler
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 2:32 PM
> To: thomas@monjalon.net; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update release notes for mlx5 driver
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Ferruh Yigit Oct. 21, 2017, 1:08 a.m. UTC | #2 
On 10/16/2017 12:09 PM, Mcnamara, John wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shahaf Shuler
>> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 2:32 PM
>> To: thomas@monjalon.net; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update release notes for mlx5 driver
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
> 
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
index 8db35f5e4..24018fdd5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@  New Features
   "Network Interface Controller Drivers" document for more details on this new
   driver.
 
+* **Updated mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes:
+
+   * Enabled PMD to run on top of upstream linux kernel and rdma-core libs.
+     By that removed the dependency on specific Mellanox OFED libraries.
+   * Improved PMD latency performance.
+   * Improved PMD memory footprint.
+   * Supported vectorized Rx/Tx burst for ARMv8.
+   * Supported secondary process.
+   * Supported flow counters.
+   * Supported Rx hardware timestamp offload.
+   * Supported device removal event.
+
 * **Added SoftNIC PMD.**
 
   Added new SoftNIC PMD. This virtual device offers applications a software