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# CHANGELOG

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2021-08-06 PF_RING 8.0

* PF_RING Library
- Add pfring_recv_burst API allowing batch receive (when supported by the capture module/adapter)
- New zero-copy AF_XDP support (reworked), including pfring_recv_burst support
- Fix breakloop when using pfring_loop

* ZC Library
- New pfring_zc_pkt_buff_data_from_cluster API to get the packet buffer providing packet handle and cluster
- New pfring_zc_pkt_data_buff API to get the packet handle providing packet buffer and cluster
- New pfring_zc_pkt_buff_pull_only API to remove data from the head room of a packet
- Add PF_RING_ZC_BUFFER_HEAD_ROOM define (buffer head room size)
- Add PF_RING_ZC_SEND_PKT_MULTI_MAX_QUEUES define (max number of queues in queues_mask)

* FT Library
- New pfring_ft_api_version API to get the API version
- New pfring_zc_precompute_cluster_settings API to get memory information before allocating resources
- Add VXLAN encapsulation support
- Add tunnel_id to flow metadata
- Add support for compiling examples with DPDK >=20
- Fix L7 metadata with short flows

* PF_RING-aware Libpcap/Tcpdump
- Set 5-tuple clustering as default when using clustering with libpcap

* PF_RING Kernel Module
- Support for kernel >=5.9
- Add more info to /proc, including promisc mode and ZC slots info
- Handle long interface name (error on interface length bigger than 14-char as supported by bind)
- Fix channel selection when channel is unknown (e.g. VM)
- Fix triple VLAN tags with hw offload/acceleration
- Fix check on mapped memory size
- Fix potential data race in SO_SET_APPL_NAME
- Fix OOB access

* PF_RING Capture Modules
- Accolade library update (SDK 1_2_20210714)
- Napatech library update (SDK 12.7.2.1)
- Silicom/Fiberblaze library update (SDK 3_5_9_1)
- Add steer_to_ring and ring_id fields to Accolade rules (accolade_hw_rule)
- Add support for recv burst on Napatech adapters in chunk mode
- Add PF_RING_PACKET_CAPTURE_PRIO env var to set hostBufferAllowance on Napatech adapters
- Rename ACCOLADE_RING_BLOCKS env var to ANIC_RING_BLOCKS on Accolade adapters (default is now 16)
- Fix Accolade drop counter when capturing from rings
- Fix extraction of packets with nsec timestamps on Timeline module (n2disk dump)

* ZC Drivers
- New ice ZC driver v.1.3.2 (Intel Columbiaville / E810 adapters) with symmetric RSS support
- Support latest kernels, including RH/CentOS 8.4 and Ubuntu 20, for all ZC drivers
- i40e ZC driver update (v.2.13.10)
- e1000e ZC driver update (v.3.8.7)

* nBPF
- New nBPF primitives 'device <ID>' and 'interface <ID>' to match metadata from Arista MetaWatch devices

* Examples
- pfcount
- Add -B option (burst mode)
- pfsend
- Add -n <num packets> support with -f <pcap>
- Add support to reforge src/dst IP from pcap with -S and -D
- ftflow
- Add -E option to run extra DPI dissection (e.g. to print JA3 info)
- zbalance_ipc
- Add runtime reload of nDPI protocol configuration file
- Add -m 7 option (sample distribution based on eth type)
- Add default configuration file /etc/cluster/cluster.conf (when no option is specified)

* Misc
- Move libraries and utility scripts from /usr/local to /usr
- Install pfring-aware tcpdump with packages
- Add revision to pfring-dkms version

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2020-10-19 PF_RING 7.8

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Makefile
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cd userland/tcpdump; ./configure; make

changelog:
git log --since={`curl -s https://github.com/ntop/PF_RING/releases | grep datetime | head -n1 | egrep -o "[0-9]+\-[0-9]+\-[0-9]+"`} --name-only --pretty=format:" - %s" > Changelog.latest
git log --since={`curl -s https://github.com/ntop/PF_RING/releases | grep datetime | head -n1 | egrep -o "[0-9]+\-[0-9]+\-[0-9]+"`} --name-only --pretty=format:" - %s" > CHANGELOG.latest

documentation:
cd doc/doxygen; doxygen Doxyfile
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