From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EFA942424; Fri, 20 Jan 2023 03:19:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 540A540223; Fri, 20 Jan 2023 03:19:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from linux.microsoft.com (linux.microsoft.com [13.77.154.182]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8031400D5 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2023 03:19:36 +0100 (CET) Received: by linux.microsoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id ED3C320E0A1E; Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:19:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 linux.microsoft.com ED3C320E0A1E DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxonhyperv.com; s=default; t=1674181175; bh=HdHHLtDZOTBcJG9CAmr4pZt/rQBldvgGbbBAj9F5MFQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Reply-To:From; b=EiKOpbiY3OUnPtSsVwvadBVMG9RgpRmqPKfsP6fErd+YHRE9M/KKHdsRFKQdjIENR PteJz9ZDl0IyCIoADoU7mqgOyQCEGRqH9OJg6p4O9vTBF90UC8ZDeS2JC+iqWKzuA3 11eKGFecHAGz2YP1AyhVn/Gqz8ljuXMuIjP2tRys= From: longli@linuxonhyperv.com To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ajay Sharma , Long Li Subject: [PATCH 1/2] net/mana: add version information for dependencies Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:19:27 -0800 Message-Id: <1674181168-31167-1-git-send-email-longli@linuxonhyperv.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: longli@microsoft.com Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org From: Long Li The required dependencies for mana from rdma-core and Linux kernel have been released. Add those information to the doc. Fixes: 517ed6e2d590 ("net/mana: add basic driver with build environment") Signed-off-by: Long Li --- doc/guides/nics/mana.rst | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst index 005c0b2ca7..341146c4e7 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ and must be installed separately: It allows slow and privileged operations (context initialization, hardware resources allocations) to be managed by the kernel and fast operations to never leave user space. + The minimum required rdma-core version is v44. In most cases, rdma-core is shipped as a package with an OS distribution. User can also install the upstream version of the rdma-core from @@ -39,15 +40,14 @@ and must be installed separately: Low-level user space driver library for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter devices, it is automatically loaded by libibverbs. - - The support of MANA is not merged in rdma-core 42. + The minimum required version of rdma-core with libmana is v44. - **Kernel modules** They provide the kernel-side verbs API and low level device drivers that manage actual hardware initialization and resources sharing with user space processes. - The minimum required Linux kernel version is 6.1. + The minimum required Linux kernel version is 6.2. Unlike most other PMDs, these modules must remain loaded and bound to their devices: @@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ and must be installed separately: - mana_ib: InifiniBand device driver. - ib_uverbs: user space driver for verbs (entry point for libibverbs). - The support of MANA is planned in Linux 6.2. - Driver compilation and testing ------------------------------ -- 2.17.1