[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update for ice

[Yang, Qiming]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ye, Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye at intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 14:00
> To: Yang, Qiming <qiming.yang at intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z
> <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>;
> Kovacevic, Marko <marko.kovacevic at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Ye, Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: update for ice
> 
> Update the description and limitation about ice PMD according to the
> product release strategy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 29 +++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst index
> c5278fc757..b698790440 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
> @@ -12,33 +12,14 @@ the Intel Ethernet Controller E810.
>  Prerequisites
>  -------------
> 
> -- Identifying your adapter using `Intel Support
> -  <http://www.intel.com/support>`_ and get the latest NVM/FW images.
> +- The E810 B0 is currently in sampling state only. To obtain early
> +samples and/or get further information
> +  about kernel drivers, firmware and DDP support, please speak to your Intel
> representative.
> 
>  - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup
> the basic DPDK environment.
> 
>  - To get better performance on Intel platforms, please follow the "How to
> get best performance with NICs on Intel platforms"
>    section of the :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>`.
> 
> -Recommended Matching List
> --------------------------
> -
> -It is highly recommended to upgrade the ice kernel driver and firmware and
> -DDP packages to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD. Here is the -
> suggested matching list.
> -
> -   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+----
> ---------------+
> -   |     DPDK version     | Kernel driver version | Firmware version | DDP OS
> Package | DDP COMMS Package |
> -
> +======================+=======================+==========
> ========+================+===================+
> -   |        20.02         |        0.12.25        |     1.1.16.39    |      1.3.4     |       1.3.10      |
> -   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+----
> ---------------+
> -   |        19.11         |        0.12.25        |     1.1.16.39    |      1.3.4     |       1.3.10      |
> -   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+----
> ---------------+
> -   | 19.08 (experimental) |        0.10.1         |     1.1.12.7     |      1.2.0     |        N/A
> |
> -   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+----
> ---------------+
> -   | 19.05 (experimental) |        0.9.4          |     1.1.10.16    |      1.1.0     |        N/A
> |
> -   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+----
> ---------------+
> -
>  Pre-Installation Configuration
>  ------------------------------
> 
> @@ -330,7 +311,7 @@ is stored in ``ice_adapter->active_pkg_type``.
>  A symbolic link to the DDP package file is also ok. The same package  file is
> used by both the kernel driver and the DPDK PMD.
> 
> -19.02 limitation
> -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +limitation
> +~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> -Ice code released in 19.02 is for evaluation only.
> +Ice code released is for evaluation only before E810 C0 is released.
> --
> 2.17.1

Acked-by: Qiming Yang <qiming.yang at intel.com>