[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update mlx4 and mlx5 release notes

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update mlx4 and mlx5 release notes

[Shahaf Shuler]

Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst               |  2 +-
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst               |  2 +-
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
index 7cfbda3420..4a57c7a6aa 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Current RDMA core package and Linux kernel (recommended)
 Mellanox OFED as a fallback
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-- `Mellanox OFED`_ version: **4.3**.
+- `Mellanox OFED`_ version: **4.3, 4.4**.
 - firmware version: **2.42.5000** and above.
 
 .. _`Mellanox OFED`: http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=26&mtag=linux_sw_drivers
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 4d692fa810..52e1213cf5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ RMDA Core with Linux Kernel
 Mellanox OFED
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-- Mellanox OFED version: **4.2, 4.3**.
+- Mellanox OFED version: **4.3, 4.4**.
 - firmware version:
 
   - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above.
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
index 607845f172..de76447fb3 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ New Features
   networking on Hyper-V. See the :doc:`../nics/netvsc` NIC driver guide
   for more details on this new driver.
 
+* **Updated mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes:
+
+  * Added port representors support.
+  * Added Flow API support for e-switch rules. Supported ACTION_PORT_ID, ACTION_DROP, ACTION_OF_POP_VLAN, ACTION_OF_PUSH_VLAN, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_VID, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_PCP and ITEM_PORT_ID.
+  * Supported 32b compilation.
+
+* **Added TSO support for mlx4 driver.**
+
+  The support is from MLNX_OFED_4.4 and above.
+
 * **Added Flow API support for CXGBE PMD.**
 
   Flow API support has been added to CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload
-- 
2.12.0

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update mlx4 and mlx5 release notes

[Thomas Monjalon]

05/08/2018 13:13, Shahaf Shuler:
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>

Applied, thanks

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update mlx4 and mlx5 release notes

[Shahaf Shuler]

Update release notes for 17.05.

Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
index ad20e8608..7d1c77983 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst
@@ -136,15 +136,21 @@ New Features
   * QinQ is not supported in Vector Mode on the i40e PMD.
   * Vector Mode must be disabled when using the QinQ Cloud Filter.
 
-* **Added TSO support for tunneled and non-tunneled packets on mlx5 driver.**
+* **Update mlx5 PMD.**
 
-  Added support for Hardware TSO for tunneled and non-tunneled packets.
-  Tunneling protocols supported are GRE and VXLAN.
+  * Support ether type in flow item.
+  * Extend IPv6 flow item with Vtc flow, Protocol and Hop limit.
+  * Support flag flow action.
+  * Support RSS action flow rule.
+  * Support TSO for tunneled and non-tunneled packets.
+  * Support Hardware checksum offloads for tunneled packets.
+  * Support user space Rx interrupt event.
+  * Enhanced multi-packet send function for ConnectX-5.
 
-* **Added support for Rx interrupts on mlx5 driver.**
+* **Update mlx4 PMD.**
 
-  Rx queues can be armed with an interrupt which will trigger on the
-  next packet arrival.
+  * Support for basic flow items and actions.
+  * Support device removal event.
 
 * **Updated the sfc_efx driver.**
 
-- 
2.12.0

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update mlx4 and mlx5 release notes

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/25/2017 12:49 PM, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> Update release notes for 17.05.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>

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