Message ID | 20200930063416.68428-43-cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com (mailing list archive) |
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State | Superseded, archived |
Delegated to: | David Marchand |
Headers | |
Series | Pipeline alignment with the P4 language | |
Checks
Context | Check | Description |
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ci/checkpatch | success | coding style OK |
ci/iol-broadcom-Functional | success | Functional Testing PASS |
ci/iol-intel-Functional | success | Functional Testing PASS |
ci/travis-robot | success | Travis build: passed |
ci/iol-testing | success | Testing PASS |
Commit Message
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst index 4eb3224a7..15ec247d7 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst @@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ New Features ``--portmask=N`` where N represents the hexadecimal bitmask of ports used. +* **Updated the pipeline library for alignment with the P4 language.** + + Added new Software Switch (SWX) pipeline type that provides more + flexibility through API and feature alignment with the P4 language. + + * The packet headers, meta-data, actions, tables and pipelines are + dynamically defined instead of selected from pre-defined set. + * The actions and the pipeline are defined with instructions. + * Extern objects and functions can be plugged into the pipeline. + * Transaction-oriented table updates. + Removed Items -------------