From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 683C2C5DF85 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:45:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C8C540EDF; Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:43:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from inva020.nxp.com (inva020.nxp.com [92.121.34.13]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70A1740E45 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:43:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from inva020.nxp.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inva020.eu-rdc02.nxp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5624C1A01A4; Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:43:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from aprdc01srsp001v.ap-rdc01.nxp.com (aprdc01srsp001v.ap-rdc01.nxp.com [165.114.16.16]) by inva020.eu-rdc02.nxp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F4211A019C; Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:43:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lsv03583.swis.in-blr01.nxp.com (lsv03583.swis.in-blr01.nxp.com [92.120.146.12]) by aprdc01srsp001v.ap-rdc01.nxp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA53F18000B1; Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:43:43 +0800 (+08) From: Hemant Agrawal To: stephen@networkplumber.org, thomas@monjalon.net, dev@dpdk.org Subject: [PATCH v14 23/23] doc: update release notes with NXP DPAA changes Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:13:12 +0530 Message-Id: <20260820144312.3922316-24-hemant.agrawal@nxp.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.1 In-Reply-To: <20260820144312.3922316-1-hemant.agrawal@nxp.com> References: <20260819105004.2272880-1-hemant.agrawal@nxp.com> <20260820144312.3922316-1-hemant.agrawal@nxp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Document new features added by the DPAA patch series: - Offline (O/H) port device support (drv_oldev bus devarg) - Rx/Tx taildrop threshold devargs (drv_rx_taildrop, drv_tx_taildrop) - Fmcless Rx queue count devarg (drv_fmcless_rxq) - DMA scatter-gather support and ERR050757 workaround Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst index c8cc86295d..a08a020c70 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst @@ -55,6 +55,40 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ======================================================= +* **Added NXP DPAA offline (O/H) port device support.** + + Added support for the DPAA Offline/Host-command (O/H) port, allowing + a DPDK application to use an offline port for packet processing. + The feature is selected through the ``drv_oldev`` bus device argument. + +* **Added NXP DPAA Rx/Tx taildrop threshold device arguments.** + + Added ``drv_rx_taildrop`` and ``drv_tx_taildrop`` device arguments + to configure per-port frame queue taildrop congestion thresholds + at device probe time. + +* **Added NXP DPAA fmcless Rx queue count device argument.** + + Added ``drv_fmcless_rxq`` device argument to set the number of + Rx queues when running without FMC configuration. + +* **Added NXP DPAA shared MAC kernel interface name device argument.** + + Added ``drv_sh_if_name`` device argument to provide the Linux kernel + interface name of a shared MAC interface when it differs from the + ``fmX-macY`` style name used by DPDK. + +* **Added NXP DPAA DMA device arguments for runtime configuration.** + + Added device arguments to the DPAA QDMA driver to control existing + driver behaviour at runtime: + ``dpaa_dma_sg_disable`` submits each descriptor as an individual + single-entry transfer instead of the default scatter-gather batching, + ``dpaa_dma_data_validation`` enables the post-transfer data validation + helper for debugging, and, when the driver is built with + ``RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050757``, ``dpaa_dma_pci_read_disable`` skips + the ERR050757 source read-transaction programming. + Removed Items ------------- -- 2.25.1