[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update for ice
Ye Xiaolong
xiaolong.ye at intel.com
Fri May 22 01:40:36 CEST 2020
On 05/20, Xiaolong Ye wrote:
>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
>
Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel with qiming's ack, Thanks.
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