From patchwork Mon Nov 19 12:46:44 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Shahaf Shuler X-Patchwork-Id: 48183 X-Patchwork-Delegate: ferruh.yigit@amd.com 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 58AF72BD5; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:47:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from mellanox.co.il (mail-il-dmz.mellanox.com [193.47.165.129]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612FC2B9E for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:47:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from Internal Mail-Server by MTLPINE1 (envelope-from shahafs@mellanox.com) with ESMTPS (AES256-SHA encrypted); 19 Nov 2018 14:52:40 +0200 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 wAJCkxXg029537; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:46:59 +0200 From: Shahaf Shuler To: john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, erezsc@mellanox.com, olgas@mellanox.com, yskoh@mellanox.com Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:46:44 +0200 Message-Id: <20181119124645.11705-1-shahafs@mellanox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.12.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: update Mellanox 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/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst index 32ff0e5c08..f66ade2a52 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst @@ -142,6 +142,23 @@ New Features See the :doc:`../nics/atlantic` nic driver guide for more details on this driver. +* **Updated mlx5 driver.** + + Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes: + + * Improved security of PMD to prevent the NIC from getting stuck when + application misbehaves. + * reworked flow engine to supported e-switch flow rules (transfer attribute). + * Supported header re-write(L2-L4), VXLAN encap/decap, count ,match + on TCP flags and multiple flow groups with e-switch flow rules. + * Supported match on medatada, VXLAN and MPLS encap/decap with flow rules. + * Supported RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE flag to provide better support for + representors. + * Supported meson build. + * Fixed build issue with PPC. + * Supported BlueField VF. + * Supported externally allocated static memory for DMA. + * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.** Updated the sfc_efx driver including the following changes: