[dpdk-dev,v2] doc: update GSG for i40e firmware version.

Message ID 1467800971-21140-1-git-send-email-ian.stokes@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Bruce Richardson
Headers

Commit Message

Ian Stokes July 6, 2016, 10:29 a.m. UTC
  Update the 'High Performance of Small Packets on 40G NIC' section of the
GSG as the firmware version referenced for a NIC using the i40e driver was
firmware version 4.2.5 which is no longer validated. Instruct users to
consult release notes for current validated firmware versions.

Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>

---
v1 -> v2
Specificy GSG in commit subject line.
Sepcify section in GSG that is updated in commit body.
Remove references to FVL in GSG, replace with 'NIC using i40e driver'.
---
 doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  

Comments

John McNamara July 6, 2016, 11:53 a.m. UTC | #1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ian Stokes
> Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 11:30 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Stokes, Ian <ian.stokes@intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update GSG for i40e firmware version.
> 
> Update the 'High Performance of Small Packets on 40G NIC' section of the
> GSG as the firmware version referenced for a NIC using the i40e driver was
> firmware version 4.2.5 which is no longer validated. Instruct users to
> consult release notes for current validated firmware versions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
  
Bruce Richardson July 8, 2016, 3:51 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 11:53:13AM +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ian Stokes
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 11:30 AM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > Cc: Stokes, Ian <ian.stokes@intel.com>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update GSG for i40e firmware version.
> > 
> > Update the 'High Performance of Small Packets on 40G NIC' section of the
> > GSG as the firmware version referenced for a NIC using the i40e driver was
> > firmware version 4.2.5 which is no longer validated. Instruct users to
> > consult release notes for current validated firmware versions.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>
> 
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> 

Applied to dpdk-next-net/rel_16_07

/Bruce
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
index ec0e04d..6005932 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@  High Performance of Small Packets on 40G NIC
 As there might be firmware fixes for performance enhancement in latest version
 of firmware image, the firmware update might be needed for getting high performance.
 Check with the local Intel's Network Division application engineers for firmware updates.
-The base driver to support firmware version of FVL3E will be integrated in the next
-DPDK release, so currently the validated firmware version is 4.2.6.
+Users should consult the release notes specific to a DPDK release to identify the validated firmware version for a NIC using the i40e driver.
 
 Use 16 Bytes RX Descriptor Size
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