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)
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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
next prev 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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