[PATCH v2 2/7] net/ark: update MPU functions for firmware update

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 5/20/2022 3:15 PM, Ed Czeck wrote:
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst
> index c965406a7b..29c0a07d60 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst
> @@ -300,6 +300,21 @@ ARK PMD supports the following Arkville RTL PCIe instances including:
>   * ``1d6c:101e`` - AR-ARKA-FX1 [Arkville 64B DPDK Data Mover for Agilex R-Tile]
>   * ``1d6c:101f`` - AR-TK242 [2x100GbE Packet Capture Device]
> 
> +DPDK and Arkville Firmware Versioning
> +-------------------------------------
> +
> +Arkville's firmware and its PMD have version dependencies which must
> +be stepped together at certain releases. PMD code ensures the versions are
> +compatible. The following lists shows where version compatible steps have
> +occurred. If other combinations are required, please contact Atomic Rules
> +support.
> +
> +* DPDK 22.07 requires Arkville 22.07.
> +* DPDK 22.03 requires Arkville 22.03.
> +* DPDK 21.05 requires Arkville 21.05.
> +* DPDK 18.11 requires Arkville 18.11.
> +* DPDK 17.05 requires Arkville 17.05 -- initial version.

This means dpdk21.08 & dpdk21.11 supports "Arkville 21.05", right?

And what exactly "Arkville 22.07" represents, I assume it is a package 
distributed by Arkville. Is the "Arkville 22.07" information enough, or 
is there any benefit to document required FW versions?


Also can you please update release notes that device FW(s) needs to be 
updated to "Arkville 22.07".