From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrien Mazarguil Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] doc: update mlx PMD release notes Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 16:31:26 +0100 Message-ID: <20180205153126.GL4256@6wind.com> References: <222597018bee62a6ff5898e15bf3692aa1ed09ab.1517727898.git.shahafs@mellanox.com> <7eaebf6c5f4a14ba742629c03bfec15b658def7c.1517833737.git.shahafs@mellanox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com, yskoh@mellanox.com, john.mcnamara@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org, olgas@mellanox.com To: Shahaf Shuler Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com (mail-wm0-f68.google.com [74.125.82.68]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D48231B1CB for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 16:31:39 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f68.google.com with SMTP id g1so26895513wmg.2 for ; Mon, 05 Feb 2018 07:31:39 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7eaebf6c5f4a14ba742629c03bfec15b658def7c.1517833737.git.shahafs@mellanox.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 02:31:11PM +0200, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler With one minor nit, rdma-core plug-in compilation hasn't been accepted yet. Assuming it will: Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil > --- > > On v3: > - No change. > > On v2: > - No change. > > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst > index 689080bed..714a24388 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst > @@ -50,6 +50,33 @@ New Features > exiting. Not calling this function could result in leaking hugepages, leading > to failure during initialization of secondary processes. > > +* **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. > + * Supported IPv4 time-to-live filter. > + * 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 the ixgbe ethernet driver to support RSS with flow API.** > > Rte_flow actually defined to include RSS, but till now, RSS is out of > -- > 2.12.0 > -- Adrien Mazarguil 6WIND