[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] doc: update mlx PMD release notes

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 2/5/2018 3:31 PM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 02:31:11PM +0200, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
> 
> With one minor nit, rdma-core plug-in compilation hasn't been accepted
> yet. Assuming it will:
> 
> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.


> 
>> ---
>>
>> On v3:
>>  - No change.
>>
>> On v2:
>>  - No change.
>>
>> ---
>>  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 689080bed..714a24388 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
>> @@ -50,6 +50,33 @@ New Features
>>    exiting. Not calling this function could result in leaking hugepages, leading
>>    to failure during initialization of secondary processes.
>>  
>> +* **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 the ixgbe ethernet driver to support RSS with flow API.**
>>  
>>    Rte_flow actually defined to include RSS, but till now, RSS is out of
>> -- 
>> 2.12.0
>>
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