[PATCH v2] net/nfb: update links in documentation

[PATCH v2] net/nfb: update links in documentation

[Martin Spinler]

Update the software dependency link because of website shutdown.

Netcope Technologies was recently renamed to Magmio and no longer
provides packages and support for the FPGA cards and NDK platform.

However the project Liberouter@CESNET continues with the maintenance
of Network Development Kit and cooperates on the development of high
speed network FPGA cards as well.

Signed-off-by: Martin Spinler <spinler@cesnet.cz>
---
 doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
index 790fc48311..14560d38e4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ FPGA-based programmable NICs. The NFB PMD uses interface provided by the libnfb
 library to communicate with these cards over the nfb layer.
 
 More information about the
-`NFB cards <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-boards>`_
+`NFB cards <https://www.liberouter.org/technologies/cards/>`_
 and used technology
-(`Netcope Development Kit <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-development-kit>`_)
-can be found on the `Netcope Technologies website <http://www.netcope.com/>`_.
+(`Network Development Kit <https://www.liberouter.org/ndk/>`_)
+can be found on the `Liberouter website <http://www.liberouter.org/>`_.
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ separately:
    sharing of resources for user space applications.
 
 Dependencies can be found here:
-`Netcope common <https://www.netcope.com/en/company/community-support/dpdk-libsze2#NFB>`_.
+`Netcope common <https://github.com/CESNET/ndk-sw>`_.
 
 Versions of the packages
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- 
2.33.1

Re: [PATCH v2] net/nfb: update links in documentation

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/10/2021 3:39 PM, Martin Spinler wrote:
> Update the software dependency link because of website shutdown.
> 
> Netcope Technologies was recently renamed to Magmio and no longer
> provides packages and support for the FPGA cards and NDK platform.
> 
> However the project Liberouter@CESNET continues with the maintenance
> of Network Development Kit and cooperates on the development of high
> speed network FPGA cards as well.
> 

Thanks for the update.

> Signed-off-by: Martin Spinler <spinler@cesnet.cz>
> ---
>   doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst | 8 ++++----
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
> index 790fc48311..14560d38e4 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
> @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ FPGA-based programmable NICs. The NFB PMD uses interface provided by the libnfb
>   library to communicate with these cards over the nfb layer.
>   
>   More information about the
> -`NFB cards <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-boards>`_
> +`NFB cards <https://www.liberouter.org/technologies/cards/>`_
>   and used technology
> -(`Netcope Development Kit <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-development-kit>`_)
> -can be found on the `Netcope Technologies website <http://www.netcope.com/>`_.
> +(`Network Development Kit <https://www.liberouter.org/ndk/>`_)
> +can be found on the `Liberouter website <http://www.liberouter.org/>`_.
>   
>   .. note::
>   
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ separately:
>      sharing of resources for user space applications.
>   
>   Dependencies can be found here:
> -`Netcope common <https://www.netcope.com/en/company/community-support/dpdk-libsze2#NFB>`_.
> +`Netcope common <https://github.com/CESNET/ndk-sw>`_.
>   

The repo is empty as of now, what is the plan for it?

Re: [PATCH v2] net/nfb: update links in documentation

[Martin Spinler]

On Wed, 2021-11-10 at 16:12 +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 11/10/2021 3:39 PM, Martin Spinler wrote:
> > Update the software dependency link because of website shutdown.
> > 
> > Netcope Technologies was recently renamed to Magmio and no longer
> > provides packages and support for the FPGA cards and NDK platform.
> > 
> > However the project Liberouter@CESNET continues with the maintenance
> > of Network Development Kit and cooperates on the development of high
> > speed network FPGA cards as well.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the update.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Martin Spinler <spinler@cesnet.cz>
> > ---
> >   doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst | 8 ++++----
> >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
> > index 790fc48311..14560d38e4 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
> > @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ FPGA-based programmable NICs. The NFB PMD uses interface provided by the libnfb
> >   library to communicate with these cards over the nfb layer.
> >   
> >   More information about the
> > -`NFB cards <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-boards>`_
> > +`NFB cards <https://www.liberouter.org/technologies/cards/>`_
> >   and used technology
> > -(`Netcope Development Kit <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-development-kit>`_)
> > -can be found on the `Netcope Technologies website <http://www.netcope.com/>`_.
> > +(`Network Development Kit <https://www.liberouter.org/ndk/>`_)
> > +can be found on the `Liberouter website <http://www.liberouter.org/>`_.
> >   
> >   .. note::
> >   
> > @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ separately:
> >      sharing of resources for user space applications.
> >   
> >   Dependencies can be found here:
> > -`Netcope common <https://www.netcope.com/en/company/community-support/dpdk-libsze2#NFB>`_.
> > +`Netcope common <https://github.com/CESNET/ndk-sw>`_.
> >   
> 
> The repo is empty as of now, what is the plan for it?

We are planning to release large part of the NDK (firmware + software)
as open source together with introducing the new FPGA card in Q1 2022.

I updated the repo with a short README, which says that content of this
repository is being prepared for the publication, but for now there is
a latest RPM package for RHEL7 in the Releases section of the Github
repo.

Re: [PATCH v2] net/nfb: update links in documentation

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/11/2021 6:39 AM, Martin Spinler wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-11-10 at 16:12 +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>> On 11/10/2021 3:39 PM, Martin Spinler wrote:
>>> Update the software dependency link because of website shutdown.
>>>
>>> Netcope Technologies was recently renamed to Magmio and no longer
>>> provides packages and support for the FPGA cards and NDK platform.
>>>
>>> However the project Liberouter@CESNET continues with the maintenance
>>> of Network Development Kit and cooperates on the development of high
>>> speed network FPGA cards as well.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Martin Spinler <spinler@cesnet.cz>
>>> ---
>>>    doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst | 8 ++++----
>>>    1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
>>> index 790fc48311..14560d38e4 100644
>>> --- a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
>>> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
>>> @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ FPGA-based programmable NICs. The NFB PMD uses interface provided by the libnfb
>>>    library to communicate with these cards over the nfb layer.
>>>    
>>>    More information about the
>>> -`NFB cards <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-boards>`_
>>> +`NFB cards <https://www.liberouter.org/technologies/cards/>`_
>>>    and used technology
>>> -(`Netcope Development Kit <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-development-kit>`_)
>>> -can be found on the `Netcope Technologies website <http://www.netcope.com/>`_.
>>> +(`Network Development Kit <https://www.liberouter.org/ndk/>`_)
>>> +can be found on the `Liberouter website <http://www.liberouter.org/>`_.
>>>    
>>>    .. note::
>>>    
>>> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ separately:
>>>       sharing of resources for user space applications.
>>>    
>>>    Dependencies can be found here:
>>> -`Netcope common <https://www.netcope.com/en/company/community-support/dpdk-libsze2#NFB>`_.
>>> +`Netcope common <https://github.com/CESNET/ndk-sw>`_.
>>>    
>>
>> The repo is empty as of now, what is the plan for it?
> 
> We are planning to release large part of the NDK (firmware + software)
> as open source together with introducing the new FPGA card in Q1 2022.
> 
> I updated the repo with a short README, which says that content of this
> repository is being prepared for the publication, but for now there is
> a latest RPM package for RHEL7 in the Releases section of the Github
> repo.
> 

+1 to the README, and good to hear that NDK will be open source, is there
any timeline for it?

Re: [PATCH v2] net/nfb: update links in documentation

[Martin Špinler]

Hi Ferruh,

I'm sorry for little delay, I was on vacation.

Currently I don't have a more accurate timeline for the NDK (sw+fw)
availability, but we aim to end of the Q1 2022.

The API of the libnfb should remains unchanged. For the DPDK nfb driver
it will be rather minor changes.

Martin

On Mon, 2021-11-15 at 15:22 +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 11/11/2021 6:39 AM, Martin Spinler wrote:
> > On Wed, 2021-11-10 at 16:12 +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> > > On 11/10/2021 3:39 PM, Martin Spinler wrote:
> > > > Update the software dependency link because of website
> > > > shutdown.
> > > > 
> > > > Netcope Technologies was recently renamed to Magmio and no
> > > > longer
> > > > provides packages and support for the FPGA cards and NDK
> > > > platform.
> > > > 
> > > > However the project Liberouter@CESNET continues with the
> > > > maintenance
> > > > of Network Development Kit and cooperates on the development of
> > > > high
> > > > speed network FPGA cards as well.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the update.
> > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Martin Spinler <spinler@cesnet.cz>
> > > > ---
> > > >    doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst | 8 ++++----
> > > >    1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
> > > > index 790fc48311..14560d38e4 100644
> > > > --- a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
> > > > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
> > > > @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ FPGA-based programmable NICs. The NFB PMD
> > > > uses interface provided by the libnfb
> > > >    library to communicate with these cards over the nfb layer.
> > > >    
> > > >    More information about the
> > > > -`NFB cards <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-boards>`_
> > > > +`NFB cards <https://www.liberouter.org/technologies/cards/>`_
> > > >    and used technology
> > > > -(`Netcope Development Kit
> > > > <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-development-kit>`_)
> > > > -can be found on the `Netcope Technologies website
> > > > <http://www.netcope.com/>`_.
> > > > +(`Network Development Kit <https://www.libomlouvám se za
> > > > prodlevuerouter.org/ndk/>`_)
> > > > +can be found on the `Liberouter website
> > > > <http://www.liberouter.org/>`_.
> > > >    
> > > >    .. note::
> > > >    
> > > > @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ separately:
> > > >       sharing of resources for user space applications.
> > > >    
> > > >    Dependencies can be found here:
> > > > -`Netcope common
> > > > <https://www.netcope.com/en/company/community-support/dpdk-libsze2#NFB
> > > > >`_.
> > > > +`Netcope common <https://github.com/CESNET/ndk-sw>`_.
> > > >    
> > > 
> > > The repo is empty as of now, what is the plan for it?
> > 
> > We are planning to release large part of the NDK (firmware +
> > software)
> > as open source together with introducing the new FPGA card in Q1
> > 2022.
> > 
> > I updated the repo with a short README, which says that content of
> > this
> > repository is being prepared for the publication, but for now there
> > is
> > a latest RPM package for RHEL7 in the Releases section of the
> > Github
> > repo.
> > 
> 
> +1 to the README, and good to hear that NDK will be open source, is
> there
> any timeline for it?
> 

Re: [PATCH v2] net/nfb: update links in documentation

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/10/2021 3:39 PM, Martin Spinler wrote:
> Update the software dependency link because of website shutdown.
> 
> Netcope Technologies was recently renamed to Magmio and no longer
> provides packages and support for the FPGA cards and NDK platform.
> 
> However the project Liberouter@CESNET continues with the maintenance
> of Network Development Kit and cooperates on the development of high
> speed network FPGA cards as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Spinler <spinler@cesnet.cz>

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.