[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 10/11] doc: update release notes for MLX5 L3 frag support

Dekel Peled dekelp at nvidia.com
Mon Oct 12 12:43:09 CEST 2020


This patch updates 20.11 release notes with the changes included in
patches of this series:
1) MLX5 support of matching on IPv4/IPv6 fragmented/non-fragmented
   packets.
2) ABI change in ethdev struct rte_flow_item_ipv6.

Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika at nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
index 35dd938..9894ad6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ New Features
   * Extern objects and functions can be plugged into the pipeline.
   * Transaction-oriented table updates.
 
+* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * Added support for matching on fragmented/non-fragmented IPv4/IPv6 packets.
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
@@ -300,6 +305,11 @@ ABI Changes
 
   * ``ethdev`` internal functions are marked with ``__rte_internal`` tag.
 
+  * Added extensions' attributes to struct ``rte_flow_item_ipv6``.
+    A set of additional values added to struct, indicating the existence of
+    every defined extension header type.
+    Applications should use the new values for identification of existing
+    extensions in the packet header.
 
 Known Issues
 ------------
-- 
1.8.3.1



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