[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add notes for i40e firmware version

[Butler, Siobhan A]

> From: Zhang, Helin
> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 9:07 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Butler, Siobhan A; Wu, Jingjing; Liu, Jijiang; Zhang, Helin
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: add notes for i40e firmware version
> 
> Added notes for i40e firmware version. As base driver to suppor the latest
> version of firmware (FVL3E) hasn't been integrated, currently the validated
> version of firmware is 4.2.6.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Helin Zhang <helin.zhang at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
> b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
> index 9db3b5a..56084b2 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
> @@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ 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.
> 
>  Enabling Extended Tag and Setting Max Read Request Size
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> --
> 1.8.1.4
Applies ok, builds ok,
Acked-by Siobhan Butler <siobhan.a.butler at intel.com>