Add new features, ABI changes and resolved issues notice for the refactored link patch.
Signed-off-by: Marc Sune <marcdevel at gmail.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 102 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b10c3bb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +DPDK Release 2.3 +================ + +New Features +------------ + +* **ethdev: define a set of advertised link speeds.** + + Allowing to define a set of advertised speeds for auto-negociation, + explicitely disable link auto-negociation (single speed) and full + auto-negociation. + +* **ethdev: add speed_cap bitmap to recover eth device link speed capabilities + define a set of advertised link speeds.** + + ``struct rte_eth_dev_info`` has now speed_cap bitmap, which allows the + application to recover the supported speeds for that ethernet device. + + +Resolved Issues +--------------- + +* **ethdev: Fixed link_speed overflow in rte_eth_link for 100Gbps.** + + 100Gbps in Mbps (100000) exceeds 16 bit max value of ``link_speed`` in + ``rte_eth_link``. + + +EAL +~~~ + + +Drivers +~~~~~~~ + + +Libraries +~~~~~~~~~ + + +Examples +~~~~~~~~ + +* New API call, rte_eth_speed_to_bm_flag(), in ethdev to map numerical speeds + to bitmap fields. + + +Other +~~~~~ + + +Known Issues +------------ + + +API Changes +----------- + + +ABI Changes +----------- + +* The ethdev rte_eth_link and rte_eth_conf structures were changed to + support the new link API, as well as ETH_LINK_HALF/FULL_DUPLEX. + +* The ethdev rte_eth_dev_info was changed to support device speed capabilities. + + +Shared Library Versions +----------------------- + +The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version. + +.. code-block:: diff + + libethdev.so.2 + librte_acl.so.2 + librte_cfgfile.so.2 + librte_cmdline.so.1 + librte_distributor.so.1 + librte_eal.so.2 + librte_hash.so.2 + librte_ip_frag.so.1 + librte_ivshmem.so.1 + librte_jobstats.so.1 + librte_kni.so.2 + librte_kvargs.so.1 + librte_lpm.so.2 + librte_mbuf.so.2 + librte_mempool.so.1 + librte_meter.so.1 + librte_pipeline.so.2 + librte_pmd_bond.so.1 + librte_pmd_ring.so.2 + librte_port.so.2 + librte_power.so.1 + librte_reorder.so.1 + librte_ring.so.1 + librte_sched.so.1 + librte_table.so.2 + librte_timer.so.1 + librte_vhost.so.2 -- 2.1.4