From: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@cavium.com>
To: stable@dpdk.org
Cc: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@cavium.com>,
yskoh@mellanox.com, Dept-EngDPDKDev@cavium.com
Subject: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 17.11 3/5] doc: update qede management firmware guide
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 18:00:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1533258032-11551-3-git-send-email-rasesh.mody@cavium.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1533258032-11551-1-git-send-email-rasesh.mody@cavium.com>
[ upstream commit 1fc3afdf7886eaf65ff61ed57d62e1438adcbe53 ]
Fixes: db86fbe54d90 ("doc: update qede PMD NIC guide")
Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@cavium.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/qede.rst | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
index 84becc9..19802f4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
@@ -86,12 +86,13 @@ Prerequisites
`QLogic Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/DefaultNewSearch.aspx>`_.
For downloading firmware file, select adapter category, model and DPDK Poll Mode Driver.
-- Requires management firmware (MFW) version **8.30.x.x** or higher to be
- flashed on to the adapter. If the required management firmware is not
- available then download from
- `QLogic Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/DefaultNewSearch.aspx>`_.
- For downloading firmware upgrade utility, select adapter category, model and Linux distro.
- To flash the management firmware refer to the instructions in the QLogic Firmware Upgrade Utility Readme document.
+- Requires the NIC be updated minimally with **8.30.x.x** Management firmware(MFW) version supported for that NIC.
+ It is highly recommended that the NIC be updated with the latest available management firmware version to get latest feature set.
+ Management Firmware and Firmware Upgrade Utility for Cavium FastLinQ(r) branded adapters can be downloaded from
+ `Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/DefaultNewSearch.aspx>`_.
+ For downloading Firmware Upgrade Utility, select NIC category, model and Linux distro.
+ To update the management firmware, refer to the instructions in the Firmware Upgrade Utility Readme document.
+ For OEM branded adapters please follow the instruction provided by the OEM to update the Management Firmware on the NIC.
- SR-IOV requires Linux PF driver version **8.20.x.x** or higher.
If the required PF driver is not available then download it from
--
1.7.10.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-03 1:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-03 1:00 [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 17.11 1/5] net/qede: fix for devargs Rasesh Mody
2018-08-03 1:00 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 17.11 2/5] net/qede: fix default extended VLAN offload config Rasesh Mody
2018-08-03 1:00 ` Rasesh Mody [this message]
2018-08-03 1:00 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 17.11 4/5] net/qede: fix incorrect link status update Rasesh Mody
2018-08-03 1:00 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 17.11 5/5] net/qede: fix unicast MAC address handling in VF Rasesh Mody
2018-08-03 17:33 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 17.11 1/5] net/qede: fix for devargs Yongseok Koh
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