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[dpdk-dev,v9,26/26] doc: update doc for VFD

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State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Wenzhuo Lu Jan. 13, 2017, 6:53 a.m. UTC 
  Update the NIC doc and release note.

Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst               |  1 +
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
index 5780268..dde59bf 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@  Features of the I40E PMD are:
 - SR-IOV VF
 - Hot plug
 - IEEE1588/802.1AS timestamping
+- VF Daemon (VFD) - EXPERIMENTAL
 
 
 Prerequisites
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
index cf11f6f..1326e6a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,35 @@  New Features
   A new network PMD which supports Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx family
   of 10/40 Gbps adapters has been added.
 
+* **Added VF Daemon (VFD) on i40e. - EXPERIMENTAL**
+
+  This's an experimental feature to enhance the capability of DPDK PF as many
+  VF management features are not supported by kernel driver PF.
+  Some new private APIs are implemented in PMD without abstrction layer.
+  They can be used directly by some users who have the need.
+
+  The new APIs to control VFs directly from PF include,
+  1) set VF MAC anti-spoofing
+  2) set VF VLAN anti-spoofing
+  3) set TX loopback
+  4) set VF unicast promiscuous mode
+  5) set VF multicast promiscuous mode
+  6) set VF MTU
+  7) get/reset VF stats
+  8) set VF MAC address
+  9) set VF VLAN stripping
+  10) VF VLAN insertion
+  12) set VF broadcast mode
+  13) set VF VLAN tag
+  14) set VF VLAN filter
+  VFD also includes VF to PF mailbox message management by APP.
+  When PF receives mailbox messages from VF, PF should call the callback
+  provided by APP to know if they're permitted to be processed.
+
+  As an experimental feature, please aware it can be changed even removed
+  without prior notice.
+
+
 Resolved Issues
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