[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update i40e PMD to support on windows
Pallavi Kadam
pallavi.kadam at intel.com
Thu Jan 21 20:09:56 CET 2021
Add documentation to support i40e PMD on Windows.
Update the release notes for the same.
Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++--
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
index 20c998398..7bdaea8c0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ Features of the i40e PMD are:
- Malicious Device Drive event catch and notify
- Generic flow API
-Prerequisites
--------------
+Linux Prerequisites
+-------------------
- Identifying your adapter using `Intel Support
<http://www.intel.com/support>`_ and get the latest NVM/FW images.
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ Prerequisites
* In all cases Intel recommends using Intel Ethernet Optics; other modules
may function but are not validated by Intel. Contact Intel for supported media types.
+Windows Prerequisites
+---------------------
+
+- Follow the DPDK `Getting Started Guide for Windows <https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/windows_gsg/index.html>`_ to setup the basic DPDK environment.
+
+- Identify the Intel® Ethernet adapter and get the latest NVM/FW version.
+
+- To access any Intel® Ethernet hardware, load the UIO driver in place of existing built-in (inbox) driver.
+
+- To load UIO driver, follow the steps mentioned in `dpdk-kmods repository
+ <https://browse.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/commit/?id=e28aabd882798f21b94918d4517621ce9e355269>`_.
+
Recommended Matching List
-------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
index ae36b6a3f..176c6a66f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ New Features
* Added support for 64B completion queue entries
+* **Updated Intel i40e driver.**
+
+ * Added support on Windows.
+
* **Updated Intel ice driver.**
* Added Double VLAN support for DCF switch QinQ filtering.
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