From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF4F72C54 for ; Mon, 28 May 2018 18:09:03 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga007.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.52]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 28 May 2018 09:09:03 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.49,453,1520924400"; d="scan'208";a="42821834" Received: from awal-z170x.ir.intel.com ([163.33.210.59]) by fmsmga007.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 28 May 2018 09:09:02 -0700 From: Mohammad Abdul Awal To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Mohammad Abdul Awal Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 17:08:45 +0100 Message-Id: <20180528160845.18784-2-mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.0 In-Reply-To: <20180528160845.18784-1-mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> References: <20180528160845.18784-1-mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] doc: add vxlan and nvgre tunnel update in release notes X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 16:09:04 -0000 Change-Id: Ibcb8d2343db7f3ac8346dd2ac73ff93e026e0431 Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst index 511d51908..37d102572 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst @@ -323,6 +323,15 @@ New Features spawned on an as needed basis through configuration parameters passed to the driver of the underlying device using devargs. +* **Added support for VXLAN and NVGRE tunnel endpoint.** + + New actions types have been added to support encapsulation and decapsulation + operations for a tunnel endpoint. The new action types are + RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_[VXLAN/NVGRE]_ENCAP, RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_[VXLAN/NVGRE]_DECAP, + RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_JUMP. New item type RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MARK has been + added to match a flow against a previously marked flow. It also introduced shared + counter to flow API to counte for a group of flows. + API Changes ----------- @@ -457,6 +466,14 @@ API Changes redirect matching traffic to a specific physical port. * PORT_ID pattern item and actions were added to match and target DPDK port IDs at a higher level than PHY_PORT. + * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_[VXLAN/NVGRE]_ENCAP action items were added to support + tunnel encapsulation operation for VXLAN and NVGRE type tunnel endpoint. + * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_[VXLAN/NVGRE]_DECAP action items were added to support + tunnel decapsulation operation for VXLAN and NVGRE type tunnel endpoint. + * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_JUMP action item was added to support a matched flow + to be redirected to the specific group. + * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MARK item type has been added to match a flow against + a previously marked flow. * ethdev: change flow APIs regarding count action: * ``rte_flow_create()`` API count action now requires the ``struct rte_flow_action_count``. -- 2.17.0