[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add igb generic api features update

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add igb generic api features update

[Wei Zhao]

Add release notes update to announce support of rte_flow
on igb nic, and nic features update of this feature.

Signed-off-by: Wei Zhao <wei.zhao1@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/features/igb.ini       | 1 +
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/igb.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/igb.ini
index 1145027..4a4056a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/igb.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/igb.ini
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ N-tuple filter       = Y
 SYN filter           = Y
 Flexible filter      = Y
 Flow control         = Y
+Flow API             = Y
 CRC offload          = Y
 VLAN offload         = Y
 QinQ offload         = Y
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
index 7f12120..ce692e9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ New Features
   TX and RX path reworked to improve performance.  Also reduced latency
   for slow traffic.
 
+* **Added support for generic flow API (rte_flow) on igb NIC.**
+
+  This API provides a generic means to configure hardware to match specific
+  ingress or egress traffic, alter its behavior and query related counters
+  according to any number of user-defined rules.
+
+  * Generic flow API support for Ethernet, IPv4, UDP, TCP and
+    RAW pattern items with QUEUE actions. There are four
+    type of filter support for this feature on igb.
 
 Resolved Issues
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2.9.3

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add igb generic api features update

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 6/14/2017 9:47 AM, Wei Zhao wrote:
> Add release notes update to announce support of rte_flow
> on igb nic, and nic features update of this feature.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Zhao <wei.zhao1@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.