From patchwork Sun Aug 5 11:13:17 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Shahaf Shuler X-Patchwork-Id: 43588 X-Patchwork-Delegate: thomas@monjalon.net Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E937A1B5E9; Sun, 5 Aug 2018 13:13:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mellanox.co.il (mail-il-dmz.mellanox.com [193.47.165.129]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9170B1B5D4 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2018 13:13:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Internal Mail-Server by MTLPINE1 (envelope-from shahafs@mellanox.com) with ESMTPS (AES256-SHA encrypted); 5 Aug 2018 14:16:49 +0300 Received: from unicorn01.mtl.labs.mlnx. (unicorn01.mtl.labs.mlnx [10.7.12.62]) by labmailer.mlnx (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id w75BDLcU021375; Sun, 5 Aug 2018 14:13:21 +0300 From: Shahaf Shuler To: john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 14:13:17 +0300 Message-Id: <20180805111317.157676-1-shahafs@mellanox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.12.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update mlx4 and mlx5 release notes X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler --- doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst | 2 +- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 2 +- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst index 7cfbda3420..4a57c7a6aa 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Current RDMA core package and Linux kernel (recommended) Mellanox OFED as a fallback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- `Mellanox OFED`_ version: **4.3**. +- `Mellanox OFED`_ version: **4.3, 4.4**. - firmware version: **2.42.5000** and above. .. _`Mellanox OFED`: http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=26&mtag=linux_sw_drivers diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 4d692fa810..52e1213cf5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ RMDA Core with Linux Kernel Mellanox OFED ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- Mellanox OFED version: **4.2, 4.3**. +- Mellanox OFED version: **4.3, 4.4**. - firmware version: - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst index 607845f172..de76447fb3 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst @@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ New Features networking on Hyper-V. See the :doc:`../nics/netvsc` NIC driver guide for more details on this new driver. +* **Updated mlx5 driver.** + + Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes: + + * Added port representors support. + * Added Flow API support for e-switch rules. Supported ACTION_PORT_ID, ACTION_DROP, ACTION_OF_POP_VLAN, ACTION_OF_PUSH_VLAN, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_VID, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_PCP and ITEM_PORT_ID. + * Supported 32b compilation. + +* **Added TSO support for mlx4 driver.** + + The support is from MLNX_OFED_4.4 and above. + * **Added Flow API support for CXGBE PMD.** Flow API support has been added to CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload