From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 139F67DF8 for ; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 10:07:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 03 Apr 2015 01:07:01 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.11,516,1422950400"; d="scan'208";a="550553885" Received: from shvmail01.sh.intel.com ([10.239.29.42]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 03 Apr 2015 01:07:01 -0700 Received: from shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (shecgisg004.sh.intel.com [10.239.29.89]) by shvmail01.sh.intel.com with ESMTP id t3386xaA003306; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:06:59 +0800 Received: from shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id t3386uSv013979; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:06:58 +0800 Received: (from hzhan75@localhost) by shecgisg004.sh.intel.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id t3386uNO013975; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:06:56 +0800 From: Helin Zhang To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:06:55 +0800 Message-Id: <1428048415-13945-1-git-send-email-helin.zhang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add notes for i40e firmware version 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: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 08:07:03 -0000 Added notes for i40e firmware version. As base driver to suppor the latest version of firmware (FVL3E) hasn't been integrated, currently the validated version of firmware is 4.2.6. Signed-off-by: Helin Zhang --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst index 9db3b5a..56084b2 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst @@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ High Performance of Small Packets on 40G NIC As there might be firmware fixes for performance enhancement in latest version of firmware image, the firmware update might be needed for getting high performance. Check with the local Intel's Network Division application engineers for firmware updates. +The base driver to support firmware version of FVL3E will be integrated in the next DPDK release, so currently the validated firmware version is 4.2.6. Enabling Extended Tag and Setting Max Read Request Size ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 1.8.1.4