[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] doc: update doc and release notes for szedata2 driver

Matej Vido vido at cesnet.cz
Fri Apr 27 10:57:05 CEST 2018


New version of the packages with dependencies for the szedata2
driver is needed due to the new API of the libsze2 library which
is used in the driver.
The documentation and the release notes are updated to contain
the information about the required versions.

Signed-off-by: Matej Vido <vido at cesnet.cz>
Acked-by: Jan Remes <remes at netcope.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst           | 9 +++++++++
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst
index 96fed30..a34fffc 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ separately:
 Information about getting the dependencies can be found `here
 <http://www.netcope.com/en/company/community-support/dpdk-libsze2>`_.
 
+Versions of the packages
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The minimum version of the provided packages:
+
+* for DPDK from 18.05: **4.4.1**
+
+* for DPDK up to 18.02 (including): **3.0.5**
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
index 3d18298..cce82ba 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ New Features
 * **Updated szedata2 PMD.**
 
   Added support for new NFB-200G2QL card.
+  New API was introduced in the libsze2 library which the szedata2 PMD depends
+  on thus the new version of the library was needed.
+  New versions of the packages are available and the minimum required version
+  is 4.4.1.
 
 * **Added support for Broadcom NetXtreme-S (BCM58800) family of controllers (aka Stingray)**
 
-- 
2.7.4



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