[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: clarify usage of netvsc PMD
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Aug 6 18:31:07 CEST 2018
Since netvsc PMD does not support SR-IOV accelerated networking,
it is not recommended for use on Azure. Make this clear in the
guide.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin at microsoft.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst b/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
index 0f033e3a3d63..93d6ec0146ad 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Netvsc poll mode driver
The Netvsc Poll Mode driver (PMD) provides support for the paravirtualized
network device for Microsoft Hyper-V. It can be used with
-Window Server 2008/2012/2016, Windows 10 and Azure cloud.
+Window Server 2008/2012/2016, Windows 10.
The device offers multi-queue support (if kernel and host support it),
checksum and segmentation offloads.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ In this release, the hyper PMD driver provides the basic functionality of packet
* The PMD supports multicast packets and promiscuous mode subject to restrictions on the host.
In order to this to work, the guest network configuration on Hyper-V must be configured to allow MAC address
- spoofing. This option is not available on Azure.
+ spoofing.
* The device has only a single MAC address.
Hyper-V driver does not support MAC or VLAN filtering because the Hyper-V host does not support it.
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@ In this release, the hyper PMD driver provides the basic functionality of packet
* The maximum number of queues is limited by the host (currently 64).
When used with 4.16 kernel only a single queue is available.
-* This driver is intended for use with synthetic path only.
- Accelerated Networking (SR-IOV) acceleration is not supported yet.
- Use the VDEV_NETVSC device for accelerated networking instead.
+.. note::
+ This driver is intended for use with **Hyper-V only** and is
+ not recommended for use on Azure because accelerated Networking
+ (SR-IOV) is not supported.
+
+ On Azure, use the :ref:`VDEV_NETVSC driver <./vdev_netvsc>` which
+ automatically configures the necessary TAP and failsave drivers.
Installation
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ operations:
.. Note::
- The dpkd-devbind.py script should not be used. It only handles PCI devices.
+ The dpkd-devbind.py script can not be used since it only handles PCI devices.
Prerequisites
--
2.18.0
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