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

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Mon Oct 16 12:15:57 CEST 2017


16/10/2017 07:23, Shahaf Shuler:
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
> @@ -165,6 +165,19 @@ New Features
>    checksums, and doesn't update checksums for output packets.
>    Additionally, the GSO library doesn't process IP fragmented packets.
>  
> +* **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.
>  
>  Resolved Issues
>  ---------------

2 nitpick comments:
	- you must keep the double blank line before the title
	- better to add it near other net PMD notes


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