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Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst | 136 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 110 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst index aa0c09a..7447195 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst @@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ New Features The GCC 4.9 ``-march`` option supports the Intel processor code names. The config option ``RTE_MACHINE`` can be used to pass code names to the compiler as ``-march`` flag. +* **Updated the mlx5 driver.** + + The following changes were made to mlx5: + + * Add support for RSS hash result + * Several performance improvements + * Several bug fixes Resolved Issues --------------- @@ -265,47 +272,124 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version. Tested Platforms ---------------- -.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested with this release. +#. Intel(R) Server board S2600WTT - The format is: + - Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz - #. Platform name. +#. Intel(R) Server - * Platform details. - * Platform details. + - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz - This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin. +#. Intel(R) Server + + - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz +#. IBM(R) Power8(R) + + - Machine type-model: 8247-22L + - Firmware FW810.21 (SV810_108) + - Processor: POWER8E (raw), AltiVec supported Tested NICs ----------- -.. This section should contain a list of NICs that were tested with this release. +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G) - The format is: + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 - #. NIC name. +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) - * NIC details. - * NIC details. + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 - This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin. +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G) + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 -Tested OSes ------------ +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) -.. This section should contain a list of OSes that were tested with this release. - The format is as follows, in alphabetical order: + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 - * CentOS 7.0 - * Fedora 23 - * Fedora 24 - * FreeBSD 10.3 - * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 - * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12 - * Ubuntu 15.10 - * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - * Wind River Linux 8 +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G) - This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin. + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 + +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 + +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 + +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 + +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 + +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 + +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 12.17.1010 + +#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0 + * Firmware version: 14.17.1010 + +#. 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