numam-dpdk/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
Shiri Kuzin 06cd4cf63f net/mlx5: add GTP PSC item translation
This patch adds the translation function which
sets the qfi, PDU type.

The next extension header which indicates the following
extension header type is set to 0x85 - a PDU session
container.

Signed-off-by: Shiri Kuzin <shirik@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
2021-01-19 03:30:13 +01:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
Copyright 2020 The DPDK contributors
.. include:: <isonum.txt>
DPDK Release 21.02
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New Features
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* Core libs (EAL, mempool, ring, mbuf, buses)
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* **Added new ethdev API for PMD power management.**
Added ``rte_eth_get_monitor_addr()``, to be used in conjunction with
``rte_power_monitor()`` to enable automatic power management for PMDs.
* **Updated Broadcom bnxt driver.**
Updated the Broadcom bnxt driver with fixes and improvements, including:
* Added support for Stingray2 device.
* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
* Introduced basic support on Windows.
* Added GTP PDU session container matching and raw encap/decap.
* **Updated GSO support.**
* Added inner UDP/IPv4 support for VXLAN IPv4 GSO.
* **Added enqueue & dequeue callback APIs for cryptodev library.**
Cryptodev library is added with enqueue & dequeue callback APIs to
enable applications to add/remove user callbacks which gets called
for every enqueue/dequeue operation.
* **Updated the OCTEON TX2 crypto PMD.**
* Updated the OCTEON TX2 crypto PMD lookaside protocol offload for IPsec with
ESN and anti-replay support.
* Updated the OCTEON TX2 crypto PMD with CN98xx support.
* Added support for aes-cbc sha1-hmac cipher combination in OCTEON TX2 crypto
PMD lookaside protocol offload for IPsec.
* Added support for aes-cbc sha256-128-hmac cipher combination in OCTEON TX2
crypto PMD lookaside protocol offload for IPsec.
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* Removed support for NetXtreme devices belonging to ``BCM573xx and
BCM5740x`` families. Specifically the support for the following Broadcom
PCI device IDs ``0x16c8, 0x16c9, 0x16ca, 0x16ce, 0x16cf, 0x16df, 0x16d0,``
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* cryptodev: The structure ``rte_cryptodev`` has been updated with pointers
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* No ABI change that would break compatibility with 20.11.
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