On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 02:31:11PM +0200, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shah...@mellanox.com> > --- > > 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 For MLX5 part: Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranje...@6wind.com>
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