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-rw-r--r--doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst567
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/rel_notes/release_1_8.rst32
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 13e85432..9b557615 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -8,18 +8,23 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
Deprecation Notices
-------------------
-* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v18.02.
- The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need
- to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype``
- was used to identify a bus and will disappear.
- The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change.
- The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private.
- The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be
- modified or removed in 18.02:
-
- - ``rte_eal_devargs_add``
- - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
- - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
+* eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.05.
+ New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of
+ device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the
+ new scheme of device identification.
+ As such, ``rte_devargs`` device representation will change.
+
+ - removal of ``name`` and ``args`` fields.
+ - The enum ``rte_devtype`` was used to identify a bus and will disappear.
+ - The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private.
+ - Functions previously deprecated will change or disappear:
+
+ + ``rte_eal_devargs_add``
+ + ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
+ + ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
+ + ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` will change its format and use.
+ + all ``rte_devargs`` related functions will be renamed, changing the
+ ``rte_eal_devargs_`` prefix to ``rte_devargs_``.
* pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed.
The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced:
@@ -28,6 +33,67 @@ Deprecation Notices
- ``eal_parse_pci_DomBDF`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_parse``
- ``rte_eal_compare_pci_addr`` replaced by ``rte_pci_addr_cmp``
+* eal: The semantics of the return value for the ``rte_lcore_has_role`` function
+ are planned to change in v18.05. The function currently returns 0 and <0 for
+ success and failure, respectively. This will change to 1 and 0 for true and
+ false, respectively, to make use of the function more intuitive.
+
+* eal: new ``numa_node_count`` member will be added to ``rte_config`` structure
+ in v18.05.
+
+* eal: due to internal data layout reorganization, there will be changes to
+ several structures and functions as a result of coming changes to support
+ memory hotplug in v18.05.
+ ``rte_eal_get_physmem_layout`` will be deprecated and removed in subsequent
+ releases.
+ ``rte_mem_config`` contents will change due to switch to memseg lists.
+ ``rte_memzone`` member ``memseg_id`` will no longer serve any useful purpose
+ and will be removed.
+
+* eal: a new set of mbuf mempool ops name APIs for user, platform and best
+ mempool names have been defined in ``rte_mbuf`` in v18.02. The uses of
+ ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops`` shall be replaced by
+ ``rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops``.
+ The following function is now redundant and it is target to be deprecated
+ in 18.05:
+
+ - ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops``
+
+* mempool: several API and ABI changes are planned in v18.05.
+ The following functions, introduced for Xen, which is not supported
+ anymore since v17.11, are hard to use, not used anywhere else in DPDK.
+ Therefore they will be deprecated in v18.05 and removed in v18.08:
+
+ - ``rte_mempool_xmem_create``
+ - ``rte_mempool_xmem_size``
+ - ``rte_mempool_xmem_usage``
+
+ The following changes are planned:
+
+ - removal of ``get_capabilities`` mempool ops and related flags.
+ - substitute ``register_memory_area`` with ``populate`` ops.
+ - addition of new ops to customize required memory chunk calculation,
+ customize objects population and allocate contiguous
+ block of objects if underlying driver supports it.
+
+* mbuf: The control mbuf API will be removed in v18.05. The impacted
+ functions and macros are:
+
+ - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_init()``
+ - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_alloc()``
+ - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_free()``
+ - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_data()``
+ - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_len()``
+ - ``rte_is_ctrlmbuf()``
+ - ``CTRL_MBUF_FLAG``
+
+ The packet mbuf API should be used as a replacement.
+
+* mbuf: The opaque ``mbuf->hash.sched`` field will be updated to support generic
+ definition in line with the ethdev TM and MTR APIs. Currently, this field
+ is defined in librte_sched in a non-generic way. The new generic format
+ will contain: queue ID, traffic class, color. Field size will not change.
+
* ethdev: a new Tx and Rx offload API was introduced on 17.11.
In the new API, offloads are divided into per-port and per-queue offloads.
Offloads are disabled by default and enabled per application request.
@@ -45,6 +111,54 @@ Deprecation Notices
Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
+* ethdev: A new rss level field planned in 18.05.
+ The new API add rss_level field to ``rte_eth_rss_conf`` to enable a choice
+ of RSS hash calculation on outer or inner header of tunneled packet.
+
+* ethdev: Currently, if the rte_eth_rx_burst() function returns a value less
+ than *nb_pkts*, the application will assume that no more packets are present.
+ Some of the hw queue based hardware can only support smaller burst for RX
+ and TX and thus break the expectation of the rx_burst API. Similar is the
+ case for TX burst as well as ring sizes. ``rte_eth_dev_info`` will be added
+ with following new parameters so as to support semantics for drivers to
+ define a preferred size for Rx/Tx burst and rings.
+
+ - Member ``struct preferred_size`` would be added to enclose all preferred
+ size to be fetched from driver/implementation.
+ - Members ``uint16_t rx_burst``, ``uint16_t tx_burst``, ``uint16_t rx_ring``,
+ and ``uint16_t tx_ring`` would be added to ``struct preferred_size``.
+
+* ethdev: A work is being planned for 18.05 to expose VF port representors
+ as a mean to perform control and data path operation on the different VFs.
+ As VF representor is an ethdev port, new fields are needed in order to map
+ between the VF representor and the VF or the parent PF. Those new fields
+ are to be included in ``rte_eth_dev_info`` struct.
+
+* ethdev: The prototype and the behavior of
+ ``dev_ops->eth_mac_addr_set()`` will change in v18.05. A return code
+ will be added to notify the caller if an error occurred in the PMD. In
+ ``rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set()``, the new default MAC address
+ will be copied in ``dev->data->mac_addrs[0]`` only if the operation is
+ successful. This modification will only impact the PMDs, not the
+ applications.
+
+* ethdev: functions add rx/tx callback will return named opaque type
+ ``rte_eth_add_rx_callback()``, ``rte_eth_add_first_rx_callback()`` and
+ ``rte_eth_add_tx_callback()`` functions currently return callback object as
+ ``void \*`` but APIs to delete callbacks get ``struct rte_eth_rxtx_callback \*``
+ as parameter. For consistency functions adding callback will return
+ ``struct rte_eth_rxtx_callback \*`` instead of ``void \*``.
+
+* ethdev: The size of variables ``flow_types_mask`` in
+ ``rte_eth_fdir_info structure``, ``sym_hash_enable_mask`` and
+ ``valid_bit_mask`` in ``rte_eth_hash_global_conf`` structure
+ will be increased from 32 to 64 bits to fulfill hardware requirements.
+ This change will break existing ABI as size of the structures will increase.
+
+* ethdev: ``rte_eth_dev_get_sec_ctx()`` fix port id storage
+ ``rte_eth_dev_get_sec_ctx()`` is using ``uint8_t`` for ``port_id``,
+ which should be ``uint16_t``.
+
* i40e: The default flexible payload configuration which extracts the first 16
bytes of the payload for RSS will be deprecated starting from 18.02. If
required the previous behavior can be configured using existing flow
@@ -53,3 +167,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
* librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles.
Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.
+
+* ring: The alignment constraints on the ring structure will be relaxed
+ to one cache line instead of two, and an empty cache line padding will
+ be added between the producer and consumer structures. The size of the
+ structure and the offset of the fields will remain the same on
+ platforms with 64B cache line, but will change on other platforms.
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst
index 35659d8a..d8b5dfeb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst
@@ -1,32 +1,5 @@
-.. BSD LICENSE
- Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- All rights reserved.
-
- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- are met:
-
- * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- distribution.
- * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
- contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- from this software without specific prior written permission.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
Release Notes
=============
@@ -36,6 +9,7 @@ Release Notes
:numbered:
rel_description
+ release_18_02
release_17_11
release_17_08
release_17_05
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
index 3f6d8cb5..afcc2c44 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
@@ -1,33 +1,5 @@
-.. BSD LICENSE
- Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- All rights reserved.
-
- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- are met:
-
- * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- distribution.
- * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
- contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- from this software without specific prior written permission.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
Known Issues and Limitations in Legacy Releases
===============================================
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/rel_description.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/rel_description.rst
index 994845f6..8f285566 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/rel_description.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/rel_description.rst
@@ -1,33 +1,5 @@
-.. BSD LICENSE
- Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- All rights reserved.
-
- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- are met:
-
- * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- distribution.
- * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
- contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- from this software without specific prior written permission.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation.
Description of Release
======================
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
index 87b3f927..68922840 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ New Features
* Added dynamic device personalization processing to i40e firmware.
+* **Updated i40e driver to support MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE.**
+
+ Updated i40e PMD to support MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE with MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE
+ supporting profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device personalization
+ (DDP) process.
+
* **Added Cloud Filter for QinQ steering to i40e.**
* Added a QinQ cloud filter on the i40e PMD, for steering traffic to a VM
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
index 016a08c8..088778bf 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
@@ -210,6 +210,19 @@ New Features
Updated ixgbe ethernet PMD to support ``rte_security`` inline IPSec offload.
+* **Updated i40e driver to support GTP-C/GTP-U.**
+
+ Updated i40e PMD to support GTP-C/GTP-U with GTP-C/GTP-U supporting
+ profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device personalization (DDP)
+ process.
+
+* **Added the i40e ethernet driver to support queue region feature.**
+
+ This feature enable queue regions configuration for RSS in PF,
+ so that different traffic classes or different packet
+ classification types can be separated into different queues in
+ different queue regions.
+
* **Updated ipsec-secgw application to support rte_security.**
Updated the ``ipsec-secgw`` sample application to support ``rte_security``
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44b7de59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,567 @@
+DPDK Release 18.02
+==================
+
+.. **Read this first.**
+
+ The text in the sections below explains how to update the release notes.
+
+ Use proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation in all sections.
+
+ Variable and config names should be quoted as fixed width text:
+ ``LIKE_THIS``.
+
+ Build the docs and view the output file to ensure the changes are correct::
+
+ make doc-guides-html
+
+ xdg-open build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.html
+
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+.. This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample
+ format:
+
+ * **Add a title in the past tense with a full stop.**
+
+ Add a short 1-2 sentence description in the past tense. The description
+ should be enough to allow someone scanning the release notes to
+ understand the new feature.
+
+ If the feature adds a lot of sub-features you can use a bullet list like
+ this:
+
+ * Added feature foo to do something.
+ * Enhanced feature bar to do something else.
+
+ Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
+
+ This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it.
+ Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+ =========================================================
+
+* **Added function to allow releasing internal EAL resources on exit.**
+
+ During ``rte_eal_init()`` EAL allocates memory from hugepages to enable its
+ core libraries to perform their tasks. The ``rte_eal_cleanup()`` function
+ releases these resources, ensuring that no hugepage memory is leaked. It is
+ expected that all DPDK applications call ``rte_eal_cleanup()`` before
+ exiting. Not calling this function could result in leaking hugepages, leading
+ to failure during initialization of secondary processes.
+
+* **Added igb, ixgbe and i40e ethernet driver to support RSS with flow API.**
+
+ Added support for igb, ixgbe and i40e NICs with existing RSS configuration
+ using the ``rte_flow`` API.
+
+ Also enabled queue region configuration using the ``rte_flow`` API for i40e.
+
+* **Updated i40e driver to support PPPoE/PPPoL2TP.**
+
+ Updated i40e PMD to support PPPoE/PPPoL2TP with PPPoE/PPPoL2TP supporting
+ profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device personalization (DDP)
+ process.
+
+* **Added MAC loopback support for i40e.**
+
+ Added MAC loopback support for i40e in order to support test tasks requested
+ by users. It will setup ``Tx -> Rx`` loopback link according to the device
+ configuration.
+
+* **Added support of run time determination of number of queues per i40e VF.**
+
+ The number of queue per VF is determined by its host PF. If the PCI address
+ of an i40e PF is ``aaaa:bb.cc``, the number of queues per VF can be
+ configured with EAL parameter like ``-w aaaa:bb.cc,queue-num-per-vf=n``. The
+ value n can be 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16. If no such parameter is configured, the
+ number of queues per VF is 4 by default.
+
+* **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.
+ * 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.
+
+ * Added support for UDP tunnel ports configuration.
+ * Added tunneled packets classification.
+ * Added inner checksum offload.
+
+* **Added AVF (Adaptive Virtual Function) net PMD.**
+
+ Added a new net PMD called AVF (Adaptive Virtual Function), which supports
+ IntelĀ® Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function (AVF) with features such as:
+
+ * Basic Rx/Tx burst
+ * SSE vectorized Rx/Tx burst
+ * Promiscuous mode
+ * MAC/VLAN offload
+ * Checksum offload
+ * TSO offload
+ * Jumbo frame and MTU setting
+ * RSS configuration
+ * stats
+ * Rx/Tx descriptor status
+ * Link status update/event
+
+* **Added feature supports for live migration from vhost-net to vhost-user.**
+
+ Added feature supports for vhost-user to make live migration from vhost-net
+ to vhost-user possible. The features include:
+
+ * ``VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT``
+ * ``VIRTIO_F_EVENT_IDX``
+ * ``VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ECN``, ``VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN``
+ * ``VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_UFO``, ``VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_UFO``
+ * ``VIRTIO_NET_F_GSO``
+
+ Also added ``VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE`` feature support in virtio pmd.
+ In a scenario where the vhost backend doesn't have the ability to generate
+ RARP packets, the VM running virtio pmd can still be live migrated if
+ ``VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE`` feature is negotiated.
+
+* **Updated the AESNI-MB PMD.**
+
+ The AESNI-MB PMD has been updated with additional support for:
+
+ * AES-CCM algorithm.
+
+* **Updated the DPAA_SEC crypto driver to support rte_security.**
+
+ Updated the ``dpaa_sec`` crypto PMD to support ``rte_security`` lookaside
+ protocol offload for IPsec.
+
+* **Added Wireless Base Band Device (bbdev) abstraction.**
+
+ The Wireless Baseband Device library is an acceleration abstraction
+ framework for 3gpp Layer 1 processing functions that provides a common
+ programming interface for seamless operation on integrated or discrete
+ hardware accelerators or using optimized software libraries for signal
+ processing.
+
+ The current release only supports 3GPP CRC, Turbo Coding and Rate
+ Matching operations, as specified in 3GPP TS 36.212.
+
+ See the :doc:`../prog_guide/bbdev` programmer's guide for more details.
+
+* **Added New eventdev Ordered Packet Distribution Library (OPDL) PMD.**
+
+ The OPDL (Ordered Packet Distribution Library) eventdev is a specific
+ implementation of the eventdev API. It is particularly suited to packet
+ processing workloads that have high throughput and low latency requirements.
+ All packets follow the same path through the device. The order in which
+ packets follow is determined by the order in which queues are set up.
+ Events are left on the ring until they are transmitted. As a result packets
+ do not go out of order.
+
+ With this change, applications can use the OPDL PMD via the eventdev api.
+
+* **Added new pipeline use case for dpdk-test-eventdev application.**
+
+ Added a new "pipeline" use case for the ``dpdk-test-eventdev`` application.
+ The pipeline case can be used to simulate various stages in a real world
+ application from packet receive to transmit while maintaining the packet
+ ordering. It can also be used to measure the performance of the event device
+ across the stages of the pipeline.
+
+ The pipeline use case has been made generic to work with all the event
+ devices based on the capabilities.
+
+* **Updated Eventdev sample application to support event devices based on capability.**
+
+ Updated the Eventdev pipeline sample application to support various types of
+ pipelines based on the capabilities of the attached event and ethernet
+ devices. Also, renamed the application from software PMD specific
+ ``eventdev_pipeline_sw_pmd`` to the more generic ``eventdev_pipeline``.
+
+* **Added Rawdev, a generic device support library.**
+
+ The Rawdev library provides support for integrating any generic device type with
+ the DPDK framework. Generic devices are those which do not have a pre-defined
+ type within DPDK, for example, ethernet, crypto, event etc.
+
+ A set of northbound APIs have been defined which encompass a generic set of
+ operations by allowing applications to interact with device using opaque
+ structures/buffers. Also, southbound APIs provide a means of integrating devices
+ either as as part of a physical bus (PCI, FSLMC etc) or through ``vdev``.
+
+ See the :doc:`../prog_guide/rawdev` programmer's guide for more details.
+
+* **Added new multi-process communication channel.**
+
+ Added a generic channel in EAL for multi-process (primary/secondary) communication.
+ Consumers of this channel need to register an action with an action name to response
+ a message received; the actions will be identified by the action name and executed
+ in the context of a new dedicated thread for this channel. The list of new APIs:
+
+ * ``rte_mp_register`` and ``rte_mp_unregister`` are for action (un)registration.
+ * ``rte_mp_sendmsg`` is for sending a message without blocking for a response.
+ * ``rte_mp_request`` is for sending a request message and will block until
+ it gets a reply message which is sent from the peer by ``rte_mp_reply``.
+
+* **Added GRO support for VxLAN-tunneled packets.**
+
+ Added GRO support for VxLAN-tunneled packets. Supported VxLAN packets
+ must contain an outer IPv4 header and inner TCP/IPv4 headers. VxLAN
+ GRO doesn't check if input packets have correct checksums and doesn't
+ update checksums for output packets. Additionally, it assumes the
+ packets are complete (i.e., ``MF==0 && frag_off==0``), when IP
+ fragmentation is possible (i.e., ``DF==0``).
+
+* **Increased default Rx and Tx ring size in sample applications.**
+
+ Increased the default ``RX_RING_SIZE`` and ``TX_RING_SIZE`` to 1024 entries
+ in testpmd and the sample applications to give better performance in the
+ general case. The user should experiment with various Rx and Tx ring sizes
+ for their specific application to get best performance.
+
+* **Added new DPDK build system using the tools "meson" and "ninja" [EXPERIMENTAL].**
+
+ Added support for building DPDK using ``meson`` and ``ninja``, which gives
+ additional features, such as automatic build-time configuration, over the
+ current build system using ``make``. For instructions on how to do a DPDK build
+ using the new system, see the instructions in ``doc/build-sdk-meson.txt``.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ This new build system support is incomplete at this point and is added
+ as experimental in this release. The existing build system using ``make``
+ is unaffected by these changes, and can continue to be used for this
+ and subsequent releases until such time as it's deprecation is announced.
+
+
+Shared Library Versions
+-----------------------
+
+.. Update any library version updated in this release and prepend with a ``+``
+ sign, like this:
+
+ librte_acl.so.2
+ + librte_cfgfile.so.2
+ librte_cmdline.so.2
+
+ This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it.
+ =========================================================
+
+
+The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
+
+.. code-block:: diff
+
+ librte_acl.so.2
+ + librte_bbdev.so.1
+ librte_bitratestats.so.2
+ librte_bus_dpaa.so.1
+ librte_bus_fslmc.so.1
+ librte_bus_pci.so.1
+ librte_bus_vdev.so.1
+ librte_cfgfile.so.2
+ librte_cmdline.so.2
+ librte_cryptodev.so.4
+ librte_distributor.so.1
+ librte_eal.so.6
+ librte_ethdev.so.8
+ librte_eventdev.so.3
+ librte_flow_classify.so.1
+ librte_gro.so.1
+ librte_gso.so.1
+ librte_hash.so.2
+ librte_ip_frag.so.1
+ librte_jobstats.so.1
+ librte_kni.so.2
+ librte_kvargs.so.1
+ librte_latencystats.so.1
+ librte_lpm.so.2
+ librte_mbuf.so.3
+ librte_mempool.so.3
+ librte_meter.so.1
+ librte_metrics.so.1
+ librte_net.so.1
+ librte_pci.so.1
+ librte_pdump.so.2
+ librte_pipeline.so.3
+ librte_pmd_bnxt.so.2
+ librte_pmd_bond.so.2
+ librte_pmd_i40e.so.2
+ librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.2
+ librte_pmd_ring.so.2
+ librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
+ librte_pmd_vhost.so.2
+ librte_port.so.3
+ librte_power.so.1
+ + librte_rawdev.so.1
+ librte_reorder.so.1
+ librte_ring.so.1
+ librte_sched.so.1
+ librte_security.so.1
+ librte_table.so.3
+ librte_timer.so.1
+ librte_vhost.so.3
+
+
+
+Tested Platforms
+----------------
+
+.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested with this
+ release.
+
+ The format is:
+
+ * <vendor> platform with <vendor> <type of devices> combinations
+
+ * List of CPU
+ * List of OS
+ * List of devices
+ * Other relevant details...
+
+ This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it.
+ Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+ =========================================================
+
+* Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU
+
+ * Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C2758 @ 2.40GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1540 @ 2.00GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4667 v3 @ 2.00GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v2 @ 2.40GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v3 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8180 CPU @ 2.50GHz
+
+ * OS:
+
+ * CentOS 7.2
+ * Fedora 25
+ * Fedora 26
+ * Fedora 27
+ * FreeBSD 11
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3
+ * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
+ * Wind River Linux 8
+ * Ubuntu 14.04
+ * Ubuntu 16.04
+ * Ubuntu 16.10
+ * Ubuntu 17.10
+
+ * NICs:
+
+ * Intel(R) 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
+
+ * Firmware version: 0x61bf0001
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:10fb / 8086:10ed
+ * Driver version: 5.2.3 (ixgbe)
+
+ * Intel(R) Corporation Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
+
+ * Firmware version: 0x800003e7
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:15ad / 8086:15a8
+ * Driver version: 4.4.6 (ixgbe)
+
+ * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 (4x10G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.3 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GBASE-T
+
+ * firmware-version: 6.01 0x80003221
+ * Device id: 8086:37d2 / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.3 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (2x25G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:158b / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.3 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2 (2X40G)
+
+ * Firmware version: 6.01 0x8000321c
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1583 / 8086:154c
+ * Driver version: 2.4.3 (i40e)
+
+ * Intel(R) Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
+
+ * Firmware version: 1.63, 0x80000dda
+ * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1521 / 8086:1520
+ * Driver version: 5.3.0-k (igb)
+
+* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU:
+
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
+ * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz
+
+ * OS:
+
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 Beta (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo)
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
+ * Ubuntu 17.10
+ * Ubuntu 16.10
+ * Ubuntu 16.04
+
+ * MLNX_OFED: 4.2-1.0.0.0
+ * MLNX_OFED: 4.3-0.1.6.0
+
+ * NICs:
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1007
+ * Firmware version: 2.42.5000
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.21.1000 and above
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1019
+ * Firmware version: 16.21.1000 and above
+
+* ARM platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
+
+ * CPU:
+
+ * Qualcomm ARM 1.1 2500MHz
+
+ * OS:
+
+ * Ubuntu 16.04
+
+ * MLNX_OFED: 4.2-1.0.0.0
+
+ * NICs:
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * Firmware version: 14.21.1000
+
+ * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+ * Firmware version: 16.21.1000
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_1_8.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_1_8.rst
index dd36e7d7..08922dd7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_1_8.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_1_8.rst
@@ -1,33 +1,5 @@
-.. BSD LICENSE
- Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- All rights reserved.
-
- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- are met:
-
- * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- distribution.
- * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
- contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- from this software without specific prior written permission.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
DPDK Release 1.8
================
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst
index 62737ae7..82b5743a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst
@@ -1,33 +1,5 @@
-.. BSD LICENSE
- Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- All rights reserved.
-
- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- are met:
-
- * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- distribution.
- * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
- contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- from this software without specific prior written permission.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
DPDK Release 2.0
================
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_1.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_1.rst
index 103a5ee8..0c27826f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_1.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_1.rst
@@ -1,33 +1,5 @@
-.. BSD LICENSE
- Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- All rights reserved.
-
- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- are met:
-
- * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- distribution.
- * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
- contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- from this software without specific prior written permission.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation.
DPDK Release 2.1
================
@@ -531,7 +503,7 @@ Resolved Issues
* **eal/linux: Fix irq handling with igb_uio.**
- Fixed an issue where the the introduction of ``uio_pci_generic`` broke
+ Fixed an issue where the introduction of ``uio_pci_generic`` broke
interrupt handling with igb_uio.
Fixes: c112df6875a5 ("eal/linux: toggle interrupt for uio_pci_generic")