From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7A9B378B for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:32:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Mar 2015 04:32:39 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.11,446,1422950400"; d="scan'208";a="683835118" Received: from irvmail001.ir.intel.com ([163.33.26.43]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Mar 2015 04:32:39 -0700 Received: from sivswdev02.ir.intel.com (sivswdev02.ir.intel.com [10.237.217.46]) by irvmail001.ir.intel.com (8.14.3/8.13.6/MailSET/Hub) with ESMTP id t2MBWbMo012213; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:32:37 GMT Received: from sivswdev02.ir.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sivswdev02.ir.intel.com with ESMTP id t2MBWboB012123; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:32:37 GMT Received: (from sabutler@localhost) by sivswdev02.ir.intel.com with id t2MBWb24012119; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:32:37 GMT From: Siobhan Butler To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:32:35 +0000 Message-Id: <1427023955-12088-1-git-send-email-siobhan.a.butler@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add warning for fm10k early driver X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:32:41 -0000 This patch adds a note to the release notes new features, as a warning regarding the early status of the FM10K driver for pre-release access Signed-off-by: Siobhan Butler --- doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst index a27e360..890671c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/new_features.rst @@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ New Features ============ +* Poll-mode driver support for an early release of the PCIE host interface of the Intel(R) Ethernet Switch FM10000. + +.. note:: The software is intended to run on pre-release hardware and may contain unknown or unresolved defects or + issues related to functionality and performance. + The poll mode driver is also pre-release and will be updated to a released version post hardware and base driver release. + Should the official hardware release be made between DPDK releases an updated poll-mode driver will be made available. + * Link Bonding * Support for 802.3ad link aggregation (mode 4) and transmit load balancing (mode 5) to the link bonding library. -- 1.8.3.1