From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr0-f196.google.com (mail-wr0-f196.google.com [209.85.128.196]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E288C1B023 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 08:53:53 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wr0-f196.google.com with SMTP id o101so700745wrb.6 for ; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:53:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=0BsQth1fLTgpohTrpGkzeka7DxY5rBKER+tK5FaQ8lc=; b=A4D1LNka4oK017jogbo39OkJwYnF+1MuQQR5sfjNi4D1i63nKWPjWYwEhM+fB8b8SI OtiIGSyqrna6IWw5jshfSVml0tbikHtTCWJ4jtXOP6z+p9qfzFxK4VKaBKRwIxKCN5ZV 30FEewMOChPFjEoA2NH1lSNx3+JjUS/cYVRWvSPxCJu2koKhq/qdevMDEWHkb2+sFQw8 UVAP61KcXICGHu0hcc/fD2wFZFVDZymCPWffk9MunGpOK8zZrcy+3CkNAh7nKFuGR6KR pq0FtLCvEphiANq+UO71p5cNaLTJGdNLrc0Ss32NHVjfWmkBjjtuGxV61ijsqxUjZhqT bbqA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=0BsQth1fLTgpohTrpGkzeka7DxY5rBKER+tK5FaQ8lc=; b=Lv5MqDq3E+dfrvlpn51zhF96dlsxeTjLYX+UpgL3C6KlqD8moC0MW+D/i2TM+uPdCv bhGYr3tKdgOwLHRcljGJ1tx5NRdzTzdruBX/Z3rGGZ164p00P7dPuOecUFpeJfOnxMy/ /qOOwDhyAdTTbMjgBMvwSC0CFR9zCHz177K641ZiQ/q8nKIIg33TXI3w7/cOCcMGgOya 0byej8vqoOYQARRM/gjByY8mdapeuneWIe1eQGsLlwDbrgTcyDsaBcoH9FAzSwgIe4C3 4PkjREljf+5MnZW6YjYmK+lyLRfRKExMb8dJ6vRdvU14f3VbK49JSjeatMNZsoS4QCsg z10Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mL3ecslKbXQE4jgJNpcq5P1JzCSgbQtryyJ0KOIeRrQ8X1H7drm K6M3s/dkrtgG82l1bNwX0bf/ X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBou8lyNlbdIHZhsQS/81YDpiObONp9pbFHCavHCCRekj1b0PRawnTa8tDTr0CYwVQV6dkJEB+Q== X-Received: by 10.223.142.40 with SMTP id n37mr3656568wrb.255.1515052433605; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:53:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from shalom (host.78.145.23.62.rev.coltfrance.com. [62.23.145.78]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j77sm6420685wmf.36.2018.01.03.23.53.52 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:53:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 08:54:54 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?N=E9lio?= Laranjeiro To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Stephen Hemminger Message-ID: <20180104075454.kegvl2lb76f2q7go@shalom> References: <20180102214421.22707-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20180103075201.kxlaxnngpx2ngaf4@laranjeiro-vm.dev.6wind.com> <20180103072330.2f0d4d48@xeon-e3> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20180103072330.2f0d4d48@xeon-e3> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] mlx5: update NIC documentation on RDMA core version X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 07:53:54 -0000 On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 07:23:30AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 08:52:01 +0100 > Nelio Laranjeiro 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. It is explained in the section "21.5.1. Installation" [1] of the mlx5 documentation. I am not against modifying the documentation to make it more clearer, but we need to keep both information MLNX_OFED with un-modified distributions or Linux Kernel upstream with RDMA-Core for those who have modified their Linux Kernel. Thanks, [1] http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.html#installation -- Nélio Laranjeiro 6WIND