[dpdk-dev] [RFC] mlx5: update NIC documentation on RDMA core version

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Jan 3 16:23:30 CET 2018


On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 08:52:01 +0100
Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Seems you missed an important point, MLNX_OFED is still supported with
> this driver allowing it to work on stable releases like strict debian 9
> i.e. without updating the Linux kernel.

So the documentation should reflect the two possibilities more clearly.

OFED version > ??
or RDMA core version >= 16

The current documentation is unclear and doesn't help the users.


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