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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 39/39] net/ixgbe/base: add base driver update
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On 8/27/2016 4:48 PM, Xiao Wang wrote:
> The ixgbe base driver was updated to version
> cid-10g-shared-code.2016.04.12.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Wang <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README          | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
> index 0b9022d..9bbe65a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
> @@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ New Features
>  
>       This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
>  
> +   * **Updated the ixgbe base driver.**
> +
> +     Updated the ixgbe base driver, including the following changes:
> +
> +     * add X550em_a 10G PHY support
> +     * add VF multicast promiscuous mode support
> +     * support flow control auto negotiation for X550em_a 1G PHY
> +     * add X550em_a FW ALEF support

Does it worth mention following, or these are internal details:

increase mailbox version to ixgbe_mbox_api_13?
mac ops for Hyper-V support?


>  
>  Resolved Issues
>  ---------------
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README
> index 76e7805..6b54c31 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README
> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README
> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Intel® IXGBE driver
>  ===================
>  
>  This directory contains source code of FreeBSD ixgbe driver of version
> -cid-10g-shared-code.2016.04.12 released by ND. The sub-directory of base/
> +cid-10g-shared-code.2016.08.15 released by ND. The sub-directory of base/
>  contains the original source package.
>  This driver is valid for the product(s) listed below
>  
>