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From: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org, John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
	Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Cc: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>,
	Olga Shern <olgas@mellanox.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: update release notes for mlx5
Date: Thu,  9 Feb 2017 09:32:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fbc2386882c8cc2888334d6ed1f0e8f99171d83f.1486628949.git.nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1486628949.git.nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
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Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst               |  37 ++++--
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 202 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 230 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 571a926..09922a0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -243,17 +243,13 @@ DPDK and must be installed separately:
 
 Currently supported by DPDK:
 
-- Mellanox OFED version:
-
-  - ConnectX-4: **3.4-1.0.0.0**
-  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **3.4-1.0.0.0**
-  - ConnectX-5: **4.0-0.0.8.1**
-
+- Mellanox OFED version: **4.0-1.0.1.0**
 - firmware version:
 
-  - ConnectX-4: **12.17.1010**
-  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.17.1010**
-  - ConnectX-5: **16.18.0296**
+  - ConnectX-4: **12.18.1000**
+  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.18.1000**
+  - ConnectX-5: **16.18.1000**
+  - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.18.1000**
 
 Getting Mellanox OFED
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -275,6 +271,29 @@ required from that distribution.
    this DPDK release was developed and tested against is strongly
    recommended. Please check the `prerequisites`_.
 
+Supported NICs
+--------------
+
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT (1x40G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT (1x50G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT (2x50G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX416A-BCAT (2x50G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
+
 Notes for testpmd
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
index d69dc4f..a17a3b6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
@@ -131,6 +131,17 @@ New Features
   Support for Mellanox ConnectX-5 family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters
   has been added to the existing mlx5 PMD.
 
+* **Updated the mlx5 driver.**
+
+  * Improve Tx performance by using vector logic.
+  * Improve RSS balancing when number of queues is not a power of two.
+  * Generic flow API support for Ethernet, IPv4, IPv4, UDP, TCP, VLAN and
+    VXLAN pattern items with DROP and QUEUE actions.
+  * Support for extended statistics.
+  * Addressed several data path bugs.
+  * As of MLNX_OFED 4.0-1.0.1.0, the Toeplitz RSS hash function is not
+    symmetric anymore for consistency with other PMDs.
+
 * **virtio-user with vhost-kernel as another exceptional path.**
 
   Previously, we upstreamed a virtual device, virtio-user with vhost-user
@@ -458,3 +469,194 @@ Tested Platforms
        * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
        * Device ID: 15b3:1007
        * Firmware version: 2.40.5030
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+       * Firmware version: 14.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+       * Firmware version: 14.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+       * Firmware version: 16.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1019
+       * Firmware version: 16.18.1000
+
+#. IBM(R) Power8(R) with Mellanox(R) NICs.
+
+   * Machine:
+
+     * Processor: POWER8E (raw), AltiVec supported
+
+       * type-model: 8247-22L
+       * Firmware FW810.21 (SV810_108)
+
+     * OS:
+
+       * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS PPC le
+
+   * MLNX_OFED: 4.0-1.0.1.0
+
+   * NICs:
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+       * Firmware version: 14.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+       * Firmware version: 14.18.1000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+       * Firmware version: 16.18.1000
-- 
2.1.4

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-02-09  8:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-02-09  8:31 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] doc: update release notes Nelio Laranjeiro
2017-02-09  8:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] doc: merge release notes sections Nelio Laranjeiro
2017-02-14  0:28   ` Mcnamara, John
2017-02-09  8:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] doc: update release notes for mlx4 Nelio Laranjeiro
2017-02-14  0:29   ` Mcnamara, John
2017-02-09  8:32 ` Nelio Laranjeiro [this message]
2017-02-14  0:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: update release notes for mlx5 Mcnamara, John
2017-02-13 17:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] doc: update release notes Thomas Monjalon
2017-02-13 18:35   ` Mcnamara, John
2017-02-14 13:25 ` Thomas Monjalon

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