Add new features, ABI changes and resolved issues notice for the refactored link patch.
Signed-off-by: Marc Sune <marcdevel at gmail.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst index 5687676..e0d1741 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst @@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ DPDK Release 2.2 New Features ------------ +* **ethdev: define a set of advertised link speeds.** + + Allowing to define a set of advertised speeds for auto-negociation, + explicitely disable link auto-negociation (single speed) and full + auto-negociation. + +* **ethdev: add speed_cap bitmap to recover eth device link speed capabilities + define a set of advertised link speeds.** + + ``struct rte_eth_dev_info`` has now speed_cap bitmap, which allows the + application to recover the supported speeds for that ethernet device. Resolved Issues --------------- @@ -48,6 +59,11 @@ Libraries Fixed issue where an incorrect Cuckoo Hash key table size could be calculated limiting the size to 4GB. +* **ethdev: Fixed link_speed overflow in rte_eth_link for 100Gbps.** + + 100Gbps in Mbps (100000) exceeds 16 bit max value of ``link_speed`` in + ``rte_eth_link``. + Examples ~~~~~~~~ @@ -81,6 +97,8 @@ API Changes * The deprecated ring PMD functions are removed: rte_eth_ring_pair_create() and rte_eth_ring_pair_attach(). +* New API call, rte_eth_speed_to_bm_flag(), in ethdev to map numerical speeds + to bitmap fields. ABI Changes ----------- @@ -91,6 +109,11 @@ ABI Changes * The ethdev flow director entries for SCTP were changed. It was already done in 2.1 for CONFIG_RTE_NEXT_ABI. +* The ethdev rte_eth_link and rte_eth_conf structures were changed to + support the new link API, as well as ETH_LINK_HALF/FULL_DUPLEX. + +* The ethdev rte_eth_dev_info was changed to support device speed capabilities. + * The mbuf structure was changed to support unified packet type. It was already done in 2.1 for CONFIG_RTE_NEXT_ABI. -- 2.1.4
