From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DBA4A0093; Wed, 20 May 2020 08:09:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 774281C1A0; Wed, 20 May 2020 08:08:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D8E1C19C for ; Wed, 20 May 2020 08:08:57 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: pe5S8bnGUjS5QMhOMS20m/JBntXwxe07uECgYyhYjO529rv4yskEzRsttwmAwptaZw4h4qWP8b ZYKV2y+nqqzw== X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 19 May 2020 23:08:56 -0700 IronPort-SDR: FVE6PHggC7byvvBYbWIim7xO8+a6ft/vKhoM6bNSaHoLfoui7tSEzKzjj/Vr56cMZJ/khr/QpV YKLPaACBg57A== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.73,412,1583222400"; d="scan'208";a="439902980" Received: from yexl-server.sh.intel.com ([10.67.116.183]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 May 2020 23:08:52 -0700 From: Xiaolong Ye To: Qiming Yang , Qi Zhang , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Xiaolong Ye Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 14:00:09 +0800 Message-Id: <20200520060009.98785-1-xiaolong.ye@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update for ice 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Update the description and limitation about ice PMD according to the product release strategy. Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye --- doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 29 +++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst index c5278fc757..b698790440 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst @@ -12,33 +12,14 @@ the Intel Ethernet Controller E810. Prerequisites ------------- -- Identifying your adapter using `Intel Support - `_ and get the latest NVM/FW images. +- The E810 B0 is currently in sampling state only. To obtain early samples and/or get further information + about kernel drivers, firmware and DDP support, please speak to your Intel representative. - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux ` to setup the basic DPDK environment. - To get better performance on Intel platforms, please follow the "How to get best performance with NICs on Intel platforms" section of the :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux `. -Recommended Matching List -------------------------- - -It is highly recommended to upgrade the ice kernel driver and firmware and -DDP packages to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD. Here is the -suggested matching list. - - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - | DPDK version | Kernel driver version | Firmware version | DDP OS Package | DDP COMMS Package | - +======================+=======================+==================+================+===================+ - | 20.02 | 0.12.25 | 1.1.16.39 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.10 | - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - | 19.11 | 0.12.25 | 1.1.16.39 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.10 | - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - | 19.08 (experimental) | 0.10.1 | 1.1.12.7 | 1.2.0 | N/A | - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - | 19.05 (experimental) | 0.9.4 | 1.1.10.16 | 1.1.0 | N/A | - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - Pre-Installation Configuration ------------------------------ @@ -330,7 +311,7 @@ is stored in ``ice_adapter->active_pkg_type``. A symbolic link to the DDP package file is also ok. The same package file is used by both the kernel driver and the DPDK PMD. -19.02 limitation -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +limitation +~~~~~~~~~~ -Ice code released in 19.02 is for evaluation only. +Ice code released is for evaluation only before E810 C0 is released. -- 2.17.1