Re: [PATCH 1/2] net/mana: add version information for dependencies

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>]

On 1/20/2023 2:19 AM, longli@linuxonhyperv.com wrote:

> 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.
> 

Hi Long,

Linux 6.2 seems release, can you please confirm required dependency is
part of 6.2 release.

>    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
>