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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 07:23:30 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] mlx5: update NIC documentation on RDMA core
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 08:52:01 +0100
Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Seems you missed an important point, MLNX_OFED is still supported with
> this driver allowing it to work on stable releases like strict debian 9
> i.e. without updating the Linux kernel.

So the documentation should reflect the two possibilities more clearly.

OFED version > ??
or RDMA core version >= 16

The current documentation is unclear and doesn't help the users.