From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from youngberry.canonical.com (youngberry.canonical.com [91.189.89.112]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBFE45B34 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:16:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 1.general.paelzer.uk.vpn ([10.172.196.172] helo=lap.fritz.box) by youngberry.canonical.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1fkApt-00009D-0O; Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:15:53 +0000 From: Christian Ehrhardt To: Rasesh Mody Cc: dpdk stable Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:11:43 +0200 Message-Id: <20180730161342.16566-58-christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20180730161342.16566-1-christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> References: <20180730161342.16566-1-christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> Subject: [dpdk-stable] patch 'doc: update qede management firmware guide' has been queued to stable release 18.05.1 X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:16:36 -0000 Hi, FYI, your patch has been queued to stable release 18.05.1 Note it hasn't been pushed to http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable yet. It will be pushed if I get no objections before 08/01/18. So please shout if anyone has objections. Thanks. Christian Ehrhardt --- >>From 7c8ea8df9409209108c74e0b2bfbdaaa1ec533fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rasesh Mody Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:32:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update qede management firmware guide [ upstream commit 1fc3afdf7886eaf65ff61ed57d62e1438adcbe53 ] Fixes: c49a438fce90 ("doc: update qede guide and features") Fixes: db86fbe54d90 ("doc: update qede PMD NIC guide") Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody --- 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 a4adf7567..cba388681 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst @@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ Prerequisites or `QLogic Driver Download Center `_. To download firmware file from QLogic website, select adapter category, model and DPDK Poll Mode Driver. -- Requires management firmware (MFW) version **8.34.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 `_. - 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 `_. + 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 -- 2.17.1