[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: introduce tested platforms as combinations

[Thomas Monjalon]

Add some text and rearrange lists to make sure it is clear that the
tested platforms listed in the release notes are some combinations
of the items in each group.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 104 +++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
index 817f8f3..836cbfe 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
@@ -394,77 +394,43 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
 Tested Platforms
 ----------------
 
-.. This section should contain a list of systems (properties, NIC, OS) that were tested with this release.
+.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested with this release.
 
    The format is:
 
-   #. (Intel, IBM, ARM,...) platform with <company> NICs.
+   * <vendor> platform with <vendor> <type of devices> combinations
 
-      * Platform details.
-
-        * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
-        * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.70GHz
-        * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30GHz
-
-          * Intel(R) Server board S2600WTT
-          * BIOS: SE5C610.86B.01.01.0005.101720141054
-
-        * ...
-
-        * OS
-
-          * CentOS 7.0
-          * Fedora 23
-          * Fedora 24
-          * FreeBSD 10.3
-          * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
-          * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
-          * Ubuntu 15.10
-          * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
-          * Wind River Linux 8
-          * ...
-
-      * List of NICs
-
-        * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X540-AT2
-
-          * Firmware version: 0x80000389
-          * Device id (pf): 8086:1528
-          * Driver version: 3.23.2 (ixgbe)
-          * ...
-
-        * Intel(R) 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
-
-          * Firmware version: 0x61bf0001
-          * Device id (pf/vf): 8086:10fb / 8086:10ed
-          * Driver version: 4.0.1-k (ixgbe)
-
-        * ...
+     * List of CPU
+     * List of OS
+     * List of devices
 
    This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it.
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =========================================================
 
-#. Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs.
+This release has been tested with the below list of CPU/device/firmware/OS.
+Each section describes a different set of combinations.
+
+* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
 
-   * Platform details.
+   * Platform details
 
      * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
      * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
      * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 
-     * OS:
+   * OS:
 
-       * CentOS 7.0
-       * Fedora 23
-       * Fedora 24
-       * FreeBSD 10.3
-       * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
-       * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
-       * Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
-       * Ubuntu 15.10
-       * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
-       * Wind River Linux 8
+     * CentOS 7.0
+     * Fedora 23
+     * Fedora 24
+     * FreeBSD 10.3
+     * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
+     * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
+     * Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
+     * Ubuntu 15.10
+     * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
+     * Wind River Linux 8
 
    * MLNX_OFED: 4.0-1.0.1.0
 
@@ -566,7 +532,7 @@ Tested Platforms
        * Device ID: 15b3:1019
        * Firmware version: 16.18.1000
 
-#. IBM(R) Power8(R) with Mellanox(R) NICs.
+* IBM(R) Power8(R) with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
 
    * Machine:
 
@@ -575,9 +541,7 @@ Tested Platforms
        * type-model: 8247-22L
        * Firmware FW810.21 (SV810_108)
 
-     * OS:
-
-       * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS PPC le
+   * OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS PPC le
 
    * MLNX_OFED: 4.0-1.0.1.0
 
@@ -667,9 +631,9 @@ Tested Platforms
        * Device ID: 15b3:1017
        * Firmware version: 16.18.1000
 
-#. Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs.
+* Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations
 
-   * Platform details.
+   * Platform details
 
      * Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C2758 @ 2.40GHz
      * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1540 @ 2.00GHz
@@ -679,16 +643,16 @@ Tested Platforms
      * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz
      * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v2 @ 2.40GHz
 
-     * OS:
+   * OS:
 
-       * CentOS 7.2
-       * Fedora 25
-       * FreeBSD 11
-       * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3
-       * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
-       * Wind River Linux 8
-       * Ubuntu 16.04
-       * Ubuntu 16.10
+     * CentOS 7.2
+     * Fedora 25
+     * FreeBSD 11
+     * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3
+     * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
+     * Wind River Linux 8
+     * Ubuntu 16.04
+     * Ubuntu 16.10
 
    * NICs:
 
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