Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 36/36] doc: advertise Alveo SN1000 SmartNICs family support

[Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>]

On 10/14/20 1:41 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 10/13/2020 2:45 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
>> Alveo SN1000 family is SmartNICs based on EF100 architecture.
> 
> Is "Alveo SN1000" and "Riverhead" are same device?

Yes.

>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
>> ---
>>   doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst | 18 ++++++++++++------
>>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
>> index c89484d473..959b52c1c3 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
>> @@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ Solarflare libefx-based Poll Mode Driver
>>   ========================================
>>     The SFC EFX PMD (**librte_pmd_sfc_efx**) provides poll mode driver
>> support
>> -for **Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx** family of 10/40 Gbps adapters and
>> -**Solarflare XtremeScale X2xxx** family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps
>> adapters.
>> +for **Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx** family of 10/40 Gbps adapters,
>> +**Solarflare XtremeScale X2xxx** family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps
>> adapters and
>> +**Alveo SN1000 SmartNICs** family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters.
>>   SFC EFX PMD has support for the latest Linux and FreeBSD operating
>> systems.
>>   
> 
> Again does web page should be updated too?

Yes, I will send dpdk-web patch to add it.
Thanks for the reminder.

> 
>>   More information can be found at `Solarflare Communications website
>> @@ -219,6 +220,10 @@ conditions is met:
>>   Supported NICs
>>   --------------
>>   +- Xilinx Adapters:
>> +
>> +   - Alveo SN1022 SmartNIC
>> +
> 
> Can you provide a link for the device? I didn't able to find it by a
> simple search.

Hm, never tried. I'll try to find out and come back.

> 
> IF you can provide updates, I can squash to the set later.

Thanks.

> 
>>   - Solarflare XtremeScale Adapters:
>>        - Solarflare X2522 Dual Port SFP28 10/25GbE Adapter
>> @@ -351,10 +356,11 @@ boolean parameters value.
>>   - ``fw_variant`` [dont-care|full-feature|ultra-low-latency|
>>     capture-packed-stream|dpdk] (default **dont-care**)
>>   -  Choose the preferred firmware variant to use. In order for the
>> selected
>> -  option to have an effect, the **sfboot** utility must be configured
>> with the
>> -  **auto** firmware-variant option. The preferred firmware variant
>> applies to
>> -  all ports on the NIC.
>> +  Choose the preferred firmware variant to use.
>> +  The parameter is supported for SFN7xxX, SFN8xxx and X2xxx families
>> only.
>> +  In order for the selected option to have an effect, the **sfboot**
>> utility
>> +  must be configured with the **auto** firmware-variant option.
>> +  The preferred firmware variant applies to all ports on the NIC.
>>     **dont-care** ensures that the driver can attach to an
>> unprivileged function.
>>     The datapath firmware type to use is controlled by the **sfboot**
>>     utility.
>>
>