[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] doc: add a co-existence consideration for bnx2x PMD

[Shahed Shaikh]

+  is not enabled. Before binging DPDK driver to one or more devices on



Binging=>binding



Thanks,

Shahed

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Rasesh Mody <rmody at marvell.com>

> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:32 PM

> To: dev at dpdk.org

> Cc: Rasesh Mody <rmody at marvell.com>; John McNamara

> <john.mcnamara at intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>;

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> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: add a co-existence consideration for bnx2x PMD

>

> Add and update co-existence considerations for bnx2x PMD

>

> Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rmody at marvell.com<mailto:rmody at marvell.com>>

> ---

>  doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst | 15 ++++++++++++---

>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

>

> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst index

> a7dee0c10..358ed7927 100644

> --- a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst

> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst

> @@ -69,9 +69,18 @@ Co-existence considerations

>    bnx2fi) is not supported on the same adapter. So storage personality

>    has to be disabled on that adapter when used in DPDK applications.

>

> -- For SR-IOV case, bnx2x PMD will be used to bind to SR-IOV VF device and

> -  Linux native kernel driver (bnx2x) will be attached to SR-IOV PF.

> -

> +- Linux kernel drivers and bnx2x PMD can’t be mixed on a given BCM578xx

> +  adapter. This type of coexistence is unsupported. A given adapter

> +  needs to be completely used by DPDK or Linux drivers, when SR-IOV

> +  is not enabled. Before binging DPDK driver to one or more devices on

> +  the adapter, please make sure to unbind Linux drivers from all

> +devices

> +  of the adapter. If there are multiple adapters on the system, one or

> +  more adapter can be used by DPDK driver and other adapters can be

> +used

> +  by Linux drivers.

> +

> +- When SR-IOV is enabled, Linux native kernel driver (bnx2x) can be

> +  bound to the PFs of a given adapter and either DPDK or Linux drivers

> +  can be bound to the VFs of the adapter.

>

>  Supported QLogic NICs

>  ---------------------

> --

> 2.18.0