[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/bnx2x: update document for PMD usage

Rasesh Mody rasesh.mody at cavium.com
Wed May 3 01:51:52 CEST 2017


Correct CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_PMD config file option and add a note
about external zlib dependency for loading the firmware image.

Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody at cavium.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
index a3a0665..c5b5216 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
@@ -96,9 +96,11 @@ Config File Options
 The following options can be modified in the ``.config`` file. Please note that
 enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_PMD`` (default **y**)
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_PMD`` (default **n**)
 
-  Toggle compilation of bnx2x driver.
+  Toggle compilation of bnx2x driver. To use bnx2x PMD set this config parameter
+  to 'y'. Also, in order for firmware binary to load user will need zlib devel
+  package installed. 
 
 - ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_DEBUG`` (default **n**)
 
-- 
1.7.10.3



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