NVIDIA BlueField-3 SNAP for NVMe and Virtio-blk v4.5.0

Changes and New Features

  • Introduced machine-learning-based optimization tool to optimize application performance based on user hardware and setup, environment, and benchmarks

  • Introduced a "two-step hotplug" mechanism, which allows users more flexibility with PCIe hotplug functions management

  • Introduced support for the optional virtio-blk IO opcode DISCARD

  • Improved application restart downtime (when working with virtio-blk protocol)

  • Introduced support for read-only device to virtio-blk protocol

  • Improved the overall duration of the virtio-blk live migration procedure (added support for parallel command executions to allow migration of multiple VFs at once)

  • Improved SR-IOV dynamic MSIX experience and made the dynamic MSIX the default option

  • Added support for additional Arm OS versions (openEuler 22.03)

  • Performance improvements and optimizations

  • Bug fixes

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