Add documentation to support ice PMD on Windows. Update the release notes and features list for the same. Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon --- doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini | 1 + doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++-- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini index e30a7d2e5..2b93872b1 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini @@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ Module EEPROM dump = Y Multiprocess aware = Y FreeBSD = Y Linux = Y +Windows = Y x86-32 = Y x86-64 = Y diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst index ccda26f82..d9d4da505 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ The ice PMD (**librte_net_ice**) provides poll mode driver support for 10/25/50/100 Gbps Intel® Ethernet 800 Series Network Adapters based on the Intel Ethernet Controller E810 and Intel Ethernet Connection E822/E823. -Prerequisites -------------- +Linux Prerequisites +------------------- - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux ` to setup the basic DPDK environment. @@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ Prerequisites - To understand DDP for COMMs usage with DPDK, please review `Intel® Ethernet 800 Series Telecommunication (Comms) Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) Package `_. +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 + `_. + Recommended Matching List ------------------------- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst index 5aa9ed7db..e28d9a6c8 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst @@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ======================================================= +* **Updated Intel ice driver.** + + * Added Intel ice support on Windows. + Removed Items ------------- -- 2.18.0.windows.1