From 97f17497d162afdb82c8704bf097f0fee3724b2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "C.J. Collier" Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 07:50:17 -0700 Subject: Imported Upstream version 16.04 Change-Id: I77eadcd8538a9122e4773cbe55b24033dc451757 Signed-off-by: C.J. Collier --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 139 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst (limited to 'doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst') diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..62737ae7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_0.rst @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +.. 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. + + +DPDK Release 2.0 +================ + + +New Features +------------ + +* Poll-mode driver support for an early release of the PCIE host interface of the Intel(R) Ethernet Switch FM10000. + + * Basic Rx/Tx functions for PF/VF + + * Interrupt handling support for PF/VF + + * Per queue start/stop functions for PF/VF + + * Support Mailbox handling between PF/VF and PF/Switch Manager + + * Receive Side Scaling (RSS) for PF/VF + + * Scatter receive function for PF/VF + + * Reta update/query for PF/VF + + * VLAN filter set for PF + + * Link status query for PF/VF + +.. note:: The software is intended to run on pre-release hardware and may contain unknown or unresolved defects or + issues related to functionality and performance. + The poll mode driver is also pre-release and will be updated to a released version post hardware and base driver release. + Should the official hardware release be made between DPDK releases an updated poll-mode driver will be made available. + +* Link Bonding + + * Support for adaptive load balancing (mode 6) to the link bonding library. + + * Support for registration of link status change callbacks with link bonding devices. + + * Support for slaves devices which do not support link status change interrupts in the link bonding library via a link status polling mechanism. + +* PCI Hotplug with NULL PMD sample application + +* ABI versioning + +* x32 ABI + +* Non-EAL Thread Support + +* Multi-pthread Support + +* Re-order Library + +* ACL for AVX2 + +* Architecture Independent CRC Hash + +* uio_pci_generic Support + +* KNI Optimizations + +* Vhost-user support + +* Virtio (link, vlan, mac, port IO, perf) + +* IXGBE-VF RSS + +* RX/TX Callbacks + +* Unified Flow Types + +* Indirect Attached MBUF Flag + +* Use default port configuration in TestPMD + +* Tunnel offloading in TestPMD + +* Poll Mode Driver - 40 GbE Controllers (librte_pmd_i40e) + + * Support for Flow Director + + * Support for ethertype filter + + * Support RSS in VF + + * Support configuring redirection table with different size from 1GbE and 10 GbE + + - 128/512 entries of 40GbE PF + + - 64 entries of 40GbE VF + + * Support configuring hash functions + + * Support for VXLAN packet on Intel® 40GbE Controllers + +* Poll Mode Driver for Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN adapters (mlx4) + +.. note:: This PMD is only available for Linux and is disabled by default + due to external dependencies (libibverbs and libmlx4). Please + refer to the NIC drivers guide for more information. + +* Packet Distributor Sample Application + +* Job Stats library and Sample Application. + +* Enhanced Jenkins hash (jhash) library + +.. note:: The hash values returned by the new jhash library are different + from the ones returned by the previous library. -- cgit 1.2.3-korg