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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All ,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> I have question regarding DPDK NIC-Firmware version compatibility.
<a href="https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/i40e.html">https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/i40e.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have highlighted the DPDK version in use. <b>Does the following matrix indicates that, “minimum version of Firmware or exact version”?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Regards,<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Shyam</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Kernel driver version<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">23.11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">2.22.18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">21.05<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shyam<o:p></o:p></p>
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