From: longli@linuxonhyperv.com
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@xilinx.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ajay Sharma <sharmaajay@microsoft.com>,
Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] net/mana: add version information for dependencies
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:19:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1674181168-31167-1-git-send-email-longli@linuxonhyperv.com> (raw)
From: Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
The required dependencies for mana from rdma-core and Linux kernel have
been released. Add those information to the doc.
Fixes: 517ed6e2d590 ("net/mana: add basic driver with build environment")
Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/mana.rst | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst
index 005c0b2ca7..341146c4e7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ and must be installed separately:
It allows slow and privileged operations
(context initialization, hardware resources allocations)
to be managed by the kernel and fast operations to never leave user space.
+ The minimum required rdma-core version is v44.
In most cases, rdma-core is shipped as a package with an OS distribution.
User can also install the upstream version of the rdma-core from
@@ -39,15 +40,14 @@ and must be installed separately:
Low-level user space driver library
for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter devices,
it is automatically loaded by libibverbs.
-
- The support of MANA is not merged in rdma-core 42.
+ The minimum required version of rdma-core with libmana is v44.
- **Kernel modules**
They provide the kernel-side verbs API and low level device drivers
that manage actual hardware initialization
and resources sharing with user space processes.
- The minimum required Linux kernel version is 6.1.
+ The minimum required Linux kernel version is 6.2.
Unlike most other PMDs, these modules must remain loaded
and bound to their devices:
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ and must be installed separately:
- mana_ib: InifiniBand device driver.
- ib_uverbs: user space driver for verbs (entry point for libibverbs).
- The support of MANA is planned in Linux 6.2.
-
Driver compilation and testing
------------------------------
--
2.17.1
next reply other threads:[~2023-01-20 2:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-20 2:19 longli [this message]
2023-01-20 2:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] net/mana: enable driver by default longli
2023-03-08 11:00 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-02-20 15:52 ` [PATCH 1/2] net/mana: add version information for dependencies Ferruh Yigit
2023-02-21 17:26 ` Long Li
2023-02-22 0:09 ` Ferruh Yigit
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