[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update release notes for mlx5 driver

[Shahaf Shuler]

Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
index 8db35f5e4..036b0af25 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
@@ -165,6 +165,19 @@ New Features
   checksums, and doesn't update checksums for output packets.
   Additionally, the GSO library doesn't process IP fragmented packets.
 
+* **Updated mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes:
+
+   * Enabled PMD to run on top of upstream linux kernel and rdma-core libs.
+     By that removed the dependency on specific Mellanox OFED libraries.
+   * Improved PMD latency performance.
+   * Improved PMD memory footprint.
+   * Supported vectorized Rx/Tx burst for ARMv8.
+   * Supported secondary process.
+   * Supported flow counters.
+   * Supported Rx hardware timestamp offload.
+   * Supported device removal event.
 
 Resolved Issues
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2.12.0