Changelog

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Changelog for 24.09#

  • ice: update driver to 1.14.9

  • st2110/20: add force NUMA option support on session level, see ST20_TX_FLAG_FORCE_NUMA/ST20_RX_FLAG_FORCE_NUMA

  • st2110/30: add force NUMA option support on session level, see ST30_TX_FLAG_FORCE_NUMA/ST30_RX_FLAG_FORCE_NUMA

  • ffmpeg: fix RX side dropping frames at the beginning of the session with st20/st22/st30.

  • st22: fix last frame dropping in TX. Ensure that last frame status changed to FREE.

  • DPDK: optimizing memory pool size.

  • manager: fix docker build.

  • ffmpeg: improve unicast initialization, reduce amount of dropping frames in the beginning of the session.

  • ixgbe: add driver support. Tested on 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 (1528) and Intel 10G X550T (1563).

  • sch/tasklet: fix API correct NUMA assigned when mtl_sch_create is used.

  • sch/tasklet: fix segfault when lcore out of RTE_MAX_LCORE assigned.

  • app: add new video formats to sample app - YUV_420_16bit, YUV_422_8BIT, YUV_444_8bit, YUV_444_16bit.

  • RTP: fix checking for valid payload type.

  • st30: add fifo_size parameter parsing from user.

  • st41: add St2110-41 format for ‘Fast Metadata Framework’ standard.

  • ffmpeg: add support of 44100 rate for st30 format.

  • ffmpeg: add support for v7.0 version

  • st22: fix correct NUMA assigned socket_id with pipeline when creating a new session.

  • GPU: add support for GPU direct buffers in ST2110/20. See app/sample/gpu_direct for usage.

  • ffmpeg: add support for GPU buffers.

Changelog for 24.06#

  • DPDK: upgrade DPDK version to 23.11.

  • st22: add interlaced support.

  • log: add custom log printer, see mtl_set_log_printer.

  • rx/timing_parser: add timing_parser stat report for RX video, --rx_timing_parser in RxTxApp to enable.

  • pipeline: add block get mode support, see ST20P_TX_FLAG_BLOCK_GET/ST20P_RX_FLAG_BLOCK_GET/ST22P_TX_FLAG_BLOCK_GET/ST22P_RX_FLAG_BLOCK_GET.

  • rx/timing_parser: add support to export the timing_parser to app, see app/sample/rx_st20p_timing_parser_sample.c for usage.

  • st40: add interlaced support.

  • cvt: add st20_rfc4175_422be10_to_yuv422p8 with avx512

  • backend: add XDP based backend, see doc/xdp.md.

  • manager: add a daemon server for privileged control management, see manager/README.md.

  • backend/xdp: add UDP port filter XDP program for splitting data path traffic.

  • ice: update driver to 1.13.7

  • rx/timing_parser: add timing_parser for audio, see ST30_RX_FLAG_TIMING_PARSER_STAT and ST30_RX_FLAG_TIMING_PARSER_META

  • tools/ebpf: add lcore_monitor to monitor the lcore status for debug usage

  • tools/ebpf: add udp_monitor to sniff all UDP streaming on the network

  • usdt: add eBPF based User Statically-Defined Tracing (USDT) probes support, see doc/usdt.md

  • multicast: add MTL_FLAG_NO_MULTICAST option

  • st30p: add get/put support for audio, detail see include/st30_pipeline_api.h

  • ffmpeg: add audio plugin support

Changelog for 23.12#

  • log: add log to file support, see mtl_openlog_stream.

  • DPDK: upgrade DPDK version to 23.07.

  • virtio_user: add virtio_user support for exception path, deprecate kni.

  • st22p/tx: add external frame support, see ST22P_TX_FLAG_EXT_FRAME.

  • backend: add kernel socket based backend, see doc/kernel_socket.md.

  • DPDK pmd: add AF_PACKET PMD support, see doc/experimental/af_packet.md.

  • st22p/rx: add external frame support, see ST22P_RX_FLAG_EXT_FRAME.

  • ptp: add user callback for ptp sync message. See ptp_sync_notify in struct mtl_init_params.

  • api: add arp timeout parameter support for st2110 unicast address. See arp_timeout_s in struct mtl_init_params.

  • st2110/tx: fix RTP passthrough interface support when PMD doesn’t support multi segment mbuf.

  • st2110/tx: fix redundant when PMD doesn’t support multi segment mbuf.

  • backend/kernel: add multi thread support for both TX and RX.

  • convert: add interlace support.

  • rtcp: add retransmit packet support for st20 sessions, see STxx_RX_FLAG_ENABLE_RTCP.

  • st2110: add ssrc support.

  • rss: add multi-core support.

  • log: default add time info print, and a API mtl_set_log_prefix_formatter to customize the log prefix formatter.

  • lcore: add LcoreMgr tools to manage the inactive lcore status. See doc/lcore.md

  • ice: update driver to 1.12.7

Changelog for 23.08#

  • lib: add DHCP client implementation.

  • ice: update driver to 1.11.14

  • udp: add LD_PRELOAD to support no-code change deployment, see doc/udp.md

  • udp: add select/epoll/send_msg/recvmsg support.

  • ecosystem/ffmpeg: add output support.

  • rss: add shared mode support, see mt_shared_rss.h

  • st/video: add multi_src_port support.

  • sample: add hdr split with gpu direct, see app/sample/ext_frame/rx_st20p_hdr_split_gpu_direct.c

  • api/ops: add udp_src_port configuration

  • build: disable Werror for debug build.

  • tx/st30: separate build and pacing stage.

  • tx/pacing: add epoch drop/onward stat.

  • tx/st2110: add epoch information in stxx_tx_frame_meta for get_next_frame callback.

  • DPDK: upgrade DPDK version to latest 23.03

  • Windows: add MSYS2 build guide and CI

  • vm: add Windows guest OS support, see vm_WIN.md.

  • rx/video: add fpt(first packet time to epoch) in struct st20_rx_frame_meta.

  • st20p: add interlace format support, refer to tests/script/loop_json/st20p_2v_1080i50.json

  • CI: add ossf scorecard support.

  • gtest: support run with AWS ena driver.

  • dhcp: set proto to dhcp in interfaces segment of JSON to enable DHCP.

  • rx/video: support out of sequence for both first and last(marker) packet.

  • udp: add gso(general segment offload) for tx

  • udp: add reuse port support.

  • udp: add fork support

  • Windows: add MSVC sample build, refer to app/sample/msvc/imtl_sample.

  • audio: improve max density per process to 750 for both tx and rx by shared queue and no_tx_chain.

  • ptp: add tsc time source support for VF.

  • doc: use vf mode as default for E810 nic.

  • tx/st20: improve the pacing profile accuracy.

Changelog for 23.04#

  • DPDK: upgrade DPDK version to latest 22.11 for both Windows and Linux.

  • ptp: add pi controller and software frequency adjust to improve the accuracy to ~100ns.

  • mtl_init_params: add gateway and netmask support for wan.

  • udp: introduce a highly efficient udp stack support, see mudp_api.h

  • udp: add POSIX socket compatible(file descriptor) API support, see mudp_sockfd_api.h

  • udp: add sample code, see app/udp

  • arp: add zero timeout support for UDP stack.

  • mtl_init_params: add multi port support, user can initial MTL instance with up to 8 ports. See tests/script/multi_port_json/ for how to use from RxTxApp.

  • sch/tasklet: add runtime unregister support.

  • udp: add lcore daemon mode support for rx, see MTL_FLAG_UDP_LCORE.

  • dev: add rss mode support for rx queue in case no rte_flow available.

  • st2110/rx: add rss queue mode support

  • st2110/tx/video: add tx no chain mode support

  • st2110/tx/video: enable IOVA PA mode in 2M huge page environment

  • sample/pipeline: add SQD split and merge sample

  • sample/pipeline: add downscale sample

  • sample/pipeline: add 2si-down sample

  • CSC: add rfc4175 422be12 to le/planar avx512 version

  • AWS: add ENA running guide, see aws.md for detail

Changelog for 22.12#

  • tasklet: add thread and sleep option for core usage, see ST_FLAG_TASKLET_THREAD and ST_FLAG_TASKLET_SLEEP.

  • tx: add user timestamp control, see ST20_TX_FLAG_USER_TIMESTAMP/ST30_TX_FLAG_USER_TIMESTAMP/ST40_TX_FLAG_USER_TIMESTAMP.

  • rx/video: add dual core redundant mode support. See st20_redundant_api.h for detail. Header split only support this dual core redundant mode.

  • lib/log: add notice level log, see ST_LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE.

  • build: add clang support. See “Build with clang” section in build.md.

  • tx: add user pacing control, see ST20_TX_FLAG_USER_PACING, ST30_TX_FLAG_USER_PACING, ST40_TX_FLAG_USER_PACING.

  • video: add notify_vsync callback which happened when epoch time change to a new frame, vsync period is same to fps. See notify_vsync parameter in the session create ops for detail.

  • csc: add y210 format support, y210 is the format for GPU 10bit yuv422 layout.

  • sch/tasklet: enhance sleep feature with timer based sleep and user control.

  • build: add AddressSanitizer(aka ASan) support, see asan.md

  • fps: add full fps support, see README.md.

  • plugin: implement OBS Studio source plugin, support UYVY/NV12/I420 formats.

  • ext frame: add external frame support, see doc/external_frame.md.

  • build: rename package name to mtl, also API naming prefix to mtl_xxx.

  • st20p: add YUV_422_12bit YUV_444_10bit YUV_444_12bit RGB_10bit RGB_12bit support.

  • plugin: add ffmpeg support with MTL package, see plugins/ffmpeg_plugin/.

  • st20p: add packet level convert mode, see ST20P_RX_FLAG_PKT_CONVERT.

  • arp: cache the results to a table, the second arp request can use the history results directly.

  • st20p: add plane and linesize support, see struct st_frame.

  • st20p: add st_frame_convert API which both the source and destination are st_frame.

  • sample: add MSDK encode sample with MTL source, see app/msdk.

Changelog for 22.09#

  • License: update to BSD-3

  • DPDK: update DPDK to v22.07

  • ice: update driver to 1.9.11

  • vf: add SRIOV based virtual NIC support, see vf.md.

  • vm: add SRIOV+KVM based virtualization support, see vm.md.

  • CSC: Color format SIMD convert API from CPU little endian format to RFC4175 YUV422 10bit BE, see st_convert_api.h.

  • AF_XDP: introduce AF_XDP PMD experimental support, see af_xdp.md.

  • pipeline: introduce pipeline friendly API for both st20 tx and rx, see st_pipeline_api.h for detail.

  • iova: add map/unmap support for IO device, see st_dma_map and st_dma_unmap.

  • Header split: introduce hdr split offload experimental support, see header_split.md.

  • Ext frame: external frame mode to support user allocated memory, see st20_ext_frame and ST20_TX_FLAG_EXT_FRAME/ST20P_TX_FLAG_EXT_FRAME.

  • st30: support 250us, 333us, and 4ms packet time.

  • Windows: support DSA for rx offload.

  • Windows: add TAP driver support.

  • API: change st20_frame_meta to st20_rx_frame_meta, also add st20_tx_frame_meta for get_next_frame of st20 tx.

  • API: change st_frame_meta to st_frame, also change the callback arg of st20p.notify_frame_done from (void*) to struct (st_frame*).

  • plugin: add Media Transport Library as a plugin to OBS, only rx path now.

  • fps: add 120(119.88) fps support, see ST_FPS_P119_88.

Changelog for 22.06#

  • User frame mode with uframe_pg_callback for rx video session.

  • Color format SIMD convert API between RFC4175 YUV422 10bit BE and other LE format, see st_convert_api.h.

  • SIMD build and runtime framework.

  • Migration suppport for tx/rx video session if the cpu lcore usage is too busy, see ST_FLAG_TX_VIDEO_MIGRATE/ST_FLAG_RX_VIDEO_MIGRATE.

  • DMA/DSA helper on SIMD convert API to reduce LLC usage for 4K/8K resolution, see st_convert_api.h.

  • Format auto detect for rx video session, see ST20_RX_FLAG_AUTO_DETECT.

  • rx: add payload type check in the hdr sanity inspection.

  • st22: add frame mode support for tx and rx.

  • st22: add pipeline mode support for both tx and rx, see st_pipeline_api.h for the API, tx_st22_pipeline_sample.c/rx_st22_pipeline_sample.c for the sample code.

  • st22: add encode/decode plugin sample code, see jpegxs_plugin_sample.c for the sample and kahawai.json for the plugin so config.

  • app: json config support for st22 pipeline mode.

  • tx/st20: runtime session create/free features, adding runtime ratelimit support.

  • st30: support 125us and 80us in audio pacing

Changelog for Beta 22.04#

  • Enabled field mode to support 1080i,PAL,NTSC with narrow pacing.

  • Mempool usage optimization for both TX/RX, each TX session has dedicated mempool, one mempool for each RX queue. It also improve LLC affinity extremely.

  • DMA offload support for RX video, lcore usage reduced.

  • DPDK 21.11 support.

  • VF pass all GTest tests.

  • Support for 25fps.

  • Enhanced algorithm with noise filter for video pacing profiling and TSC freq calibration.

  • Fix check sum calculation(rf1071) for multicast report message.

  • RX video slice mode support for low latency.

  • TX video slice mode support for low latency.

  • DMA(copy/fill) user API support, st_udma_xxx.

  • PCAP dump API support for RX video session.

  • Support for yuv444 8, 10, 12, 16 bit.

Changelog for V0.7.1#

  • Dynamic IP address change support for RX video session.

  • Provide metadata info in the RX callback.

  • Full audio channels support.

  • GPM(general packet mode) and BPM(block packet mode) support for TX.

  • 8K resolution support for both TX and RX.

  • More automatic test cases coverage, 144 Gtest items totally.

  • Add rtp path sample code.

  • Add ST2110-22 sample code.

Changelog for first version V0.7.0#

  • First version with new design based on DPDK 21.08.