- Updated to 17.08(bsc#1050250, bsc#1046598, fate#322913, fate#322608)
Some of the new features are listed below:
* Increase minimum x86 ISA version to SSE4.2
* Added Fail-Safe PMD
* Added support for generic flow API (rte_flow) on igb NICs
* Added support for generic flow API (rte_flow) on enic
* Added support for Chelsio T6 family of adapters
* Added latency and performance improvements for cxgbe
* Updated mlx5 driver
* Added NXP DPAA2 Eventdev PMD
* Added dpdk-test-eventdev test application
* from 17.05:
* Added mbuf raw free API
* Added free Tx mbuf on demand API
* Added VFIO hotplug support
* Added PowerPC support for i40e and its vector PMD
* Added VF max bandwidth setting in i40e
* Added LiquidIO network PMD
* Added support for NXP DPAA2 Network PMD
* Added support for NXP DPAA2 - FSLMC bus
* Added support for the Wind River Systems AVP PMD
* Added vmxnet3 version 3 support
* Added MTU feature support to Virtio and Vhost
* Added event driven programming model library (rte_eventdev)
* Added Software Eventdev PMD
* Added Cavium OCTEONTX Eventdev PMD
* Added NXP DPAA2 SEC crypto PMD
* from 17.02:
* Added generic EAL API for I/O device memory read/write operations
* Added VF Daemon (VFD) for i40e. - EXPERIMENTAL
* Added generic flow API (rte_flow)
* Added APIs for MACsec offload support to the ixgbe PMD
* Added Solarflare libefx-based network PMD.
* Added support for Mellanox ConnectX-5 adapters (mlx5)
* Added ARMv8 crypto PMD
* Added crypto performance test application
* more details can be found in
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.html
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.html
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.html
[-0002-kni-define-HAVE_VF_VLAN_PROTO-for-SLES12SP3.patch
-0003-kni-define-HAVE_TRANS_START_HELPER-for-SLES12SP3.patch
-0004-net-thunderx-sync-mailbox-definitions-with-Linux-PF-.patch
-0005-kni-fix-build-with-gcc-7.1.patch
-0006-kni-fix-ethtool-build-with-kernel-4.11.patch
-0007-igb_uio-switch-to-new-irq-function-for-MSI-X.patch]
- Use updated patch to enable HAVE_TRANS_START_HELPER for SLE12SP3(bsc#1031705).
[+ 0002-kni-fix-build-on-SLE12-SP3.patch]
- Enabled CONFIG_RTE_MAJOR_ABI: libs SONAME equal the DPDK release version
- Split libs into a subpackage to provide multiple installable versions on same sytem
- Updated to 17.08(bsc#1050250, bsc#1046598, fate#322913, fate#322608)
Some of the new features are listed below:
* Increase minimum x86 ISA version to SSE4.2
* Added Fail-Safe PMD
* Added support for generic flow API (rte_flow) on igb NICs
* Added support for generic flow API (rte_flow) on enic
* Added support for Chelsio T6 family of adapters
* Added latency and performance improvements for cxgbe
* Updated mlx5 driver
* Added NXP DPAA2 Eventdev PMD
* Added dpdk-test-eventdev test application
* from 17.05:
* Added mbuf raw free API
* Added free Tx mbuf on demand API
* Added VFIO hotplug support
* Added PowerPC support for i40e and its vector PMD
* Added VF max bandwidth setting in i40e
* Added LiquidIO network PMD
* Added support for NXP DPAA2 Network PMD
* Added support for NXP DPAA2 - FSLMC bus
* Added support for the Wind River Systems AVP PMD
* Added vmxnet3 version 3 support
* Added MTU feature support to Virtio and Vhost
* Added event driven programming model library (rte_eventdev)
* Added Software Eventdev PMD
* Added Cavium OCTEONTX Eventdev PMD
* Added NXP DPAA2 SEC crypto PMD
* from 17.02:
* Added generic EAL API for I/O device memory read/write operations
* Added VF Daemon (VFD) for i40e. - EXPERIMENTAL
* Added generic flow API (rte_flow)
* Added APIs for MACsec offload support to the ixgbe PMD
* Added Solarflare libefx-based network PMD.
* Added support for Mellanox ConnectX-5 adapters (mlx5)
* Added ARMv8 crypto PMD
* Added crypto performance test application
* more details can be found in
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.html
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.html
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.html
[-0002-kni-define-HAVE_VF_VLAN_PROTO-for-SLES12SP3.patch
-0003-kni-define-HAVE_TRANS_START_HELPER-for-SLES12SP3.patch
-0004-net-thunderx-sync-mailbox-definitions-with-Linux-PF-.patch
-0005-kni-fix-build-with-gcc-7.1.patch
-0006-kni-fix-ethtool-build-with-kernel-4.11.patch
-0007-igb_uio-switch-to-new-irq-function-for-MSI-X.patch]
- Use updated patch to enable HAVE_TRANS_START_HELPER for SLE12SP3(bsc#1031705).
[+ 0002-kni-fix-build-on-SLE12-SP3.patch]
- Enabled CONFIG_RTE_MAJOR_ABI: libs SONAME equal the DPDK release version
- Split libs into a subpackage to provide multiple installable versions on same sytem