[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update for ice
Xiaolong Ye
xiaolong.ye at intel.com
Mon May 25 17:22:28 CEST 2020
Update the description and limitation about ice PMD according to the
product release strategy.
Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye at intel.com>
Acked-by: Qiming Yang <qiming.yang 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..9a9f4a6bb0 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 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 currently.
--
2.17.1
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