changelog: update with new 20.07 features. (7177e949) · Commits · Public Repositories / spdk

CHANGELOG.md

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		@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ A new capability, compare, was added via `spdk_accel_submit_compare`.

		The software accel engine implemenation has added support for compare.

		Several APIs were added to `accel_engine.h` to support batched submission
		of operations.

		Several APIs were added to `accel_engine.h` to support dualcast operations.

		### accel_fw

		The accel_fw was updated to no longer require the app to allocate an
		@@ -43,6 +48,14 @@ Existing fio configuration files will need to be updated.

		Updated DPDK submodule to DPDK 20.05.

		### env

		A new public API `spdk_env_get_primary_core` returns the index of the primary core of
		the SPDK process.

		Several new APIs have been added to provide greater flexibility in registering and
		accessing polled mode PCI drivers. See `env.h` for more details.

		### idxd

		The idxd library and plug-in module for the accel_fw were updated to support
		@@ -57,12 +70,21 @@ A new API `spdk_ioat_get_max_descriptors` was added.

		### nvme

		Add `opts_size` in `spdk_nvme_ctrlr_opts` structure in order to solve the compatiblity issue
		for different ABI version.
		An `opts_size`element was added in the `spdk_nvme_ctrlr_opts` structure
		to solve the ABI compatiblity issue between different SPDK version.

		A new API `spdk_nvme_ctrlr_cmd_abort_ext` has been added to abort previously submitted
		commands whose callback argument match.

		Convenience functions, `spdk_nvme_print_command` and `spdk_nvme-print_completion` were added
		to the public API.

		A new function, `spdk_nvmf_cuse_update_namespaces`, updates the cuse representation of an NVMe
		controller.

		A new function `qpair_iterate_requests` has been added to the nvme transport interface. ALl
		implementations of the transport interface will have to implement that function.

		### nvmf

		The NVMe-oF target no longer supports connecting scheduling configuration and instead
		@@ -87,10 +109,7 @@ Using mlx5_dv requires libmlx5 installed on the system.
		### rpc

		Parameter `-p` or `--max-qpairs-per-ctrlr` of `nvmf_create_transport` RPC command accepted by the
		rpc.py script is deprecated, new parameter `-m` or `--max-io-qpairs-per-ctrlr` is added.

		Parameter `max_qpairs_per_ctrlr` of `nvmf_create_transport` RPC command accepted by the NVMF target
		is deprecated, new parameter `max_io_qpairs_per_ctrlr` is added.
		rpc.py script is deprecated, new parameter `-m` or `--max-io-qpairs-per-ctrlr` was added.

		Added `sock_impl_get_options` and `sock_impl_set_options` RPC methods.

		@@ -98,6 +117,12 @@ Command line parameters `-r` and `--rpc-socket` will longer accept TCP ports. RP
		must now be started on a Unix domain socket. Exposing RPC on the network, as well as providing
		proper authentication (if needed) is now a responsibility of the user.

		The `bdev_set_options` RPC has a new option, `bdev_auto_examine` to control the auto examine function
		of bdev modules.

		New RPCs `sock_impl_get_options` and `sock_impl_set_options` been added to expose new socket features.
		See `sock` section for more details.

		### sock

		Added `spdk_sock_impl_get_opts` and `spdk_sock_impl_set_opts` functions to set/get socket layer configuration
		@@ -115,6 +140,11 @@ New option is used only in posix implementation.
		Added `enable_zerocopy_send` socket layer option to allow disabling of zero copy flow on send.
		New option is used only in posix implementation.

		### util

		Some previously exposed CRC32 functions have been removed from the public API -
		`spdk_crc32_update`, `spdk_crc32_table_init`, and the `spdk_crc32_table` struct.

		### vhost

		The function `spdk_vhost_blk_get_dev` has been removed.

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