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 CC77CA052A; Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:52:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A428240393; Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:52:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D750240392 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:52:01 +0100 (CET) IronPort-SDR: fKjUxk/fb4nVFjXy0umwJh4LggsIVCnfq6X7o+Rr6zlwRRMgVWPzKW5qfTGMH/GifYD+08SwS6 UxjnZlpPoqPA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9883"; a="265731046" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.79,396,1602572400"; d="scan'208";a="265731046" Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 02 Feb 2021 09:51:58 -0800 IronPort-SDR: hlSrL8ZbanYgxEAGEd1LnRZE4DkwB7rafyIVmCQxW+Ib//3FZ+Re0dyP/9UjljshBFYT6B6YQW 8+5xvltvlsEA== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.79,396,1602572400"; d="scan'208";a="391596638" Received: from pkadam-mobl1.amr.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.209.11.117]) ([10.209.11.117]) by orsmga008-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 02 Feb 2021 09:51:56 -0800 To: Ferruh Yigit , dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net Cc: ranjit.menon@intel.com, beilei.xing@intel.com, jia.guo@intel.com References: <20210121190956.2540-1-pallavi.kadam@intel.com> <20210126230343.36-1-pallavi.kadam@intel.com> <2274e67f-ab6b-150c-443c-eb6b5be2f207@intel.com> From: "Kadam, Pallavi" Message-ID: Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 09:51:50 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2274e67f-ab6b-150c-443c-eb6b5be2f207@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update i40e PMD to support on windows 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 2/2/2021 4:21 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 1/26/2021 11:03 PM, Pallavi Kadam wrote: >> Add documentation to support i40e PMD on Windows. >> Update the release notes and features list for the same. >> >> v2 changes: >>     - updated doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini file >>     - Replaced the name UIO with NetUIO >> >> Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam >> Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon > > <...> > >> @@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ Prerequisites >>         * In all cases Intel recommends using Intel Ethernet Optics; >> other modules >>           may function but are not validated by Intel. Contact Intel >> for supported media types. >>   +Windows Prerequisites >> +--------------------- >> + >> +- Follow the DPDK `Getting Started Guide for Windows >> `_ to setup the >> basic DPDK environment. >> + >> +- Identify the Intel® Ethernet adapter and get the latest NVM/FW >> version. >> + >> +- To access any Intel® Ethernet hardware, load the NetUIO driver in >> place of existing built-in (inbox) driver. >> + >> +- To load NetUIO driver, follow the steps mentioned in `dpdk-kmods >> repository >> + >> `_. > > Is the intention to reference the 'README.rst'? If so better to > provide link for the documentation, instead of a specific commit, like: > https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/tree/windows/README.rst Thanks, Ferruh. I'll replace the commit link with the README.rst link in v3. > And for long term, I guess we need a way to host 'dpdk-kmods' repo > documentation. Will discuss this in the community meeting.