[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] doc: update iavf PMD and 21.11 release notes

[Pallavi Kadam]

Add documentation to support iavf PMD on Windows.
Update the release notes for the same.

Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst           | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
index fcea8151bf..20b89431a4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
@@ -616,3 +616,21 @@ which belongs to the destination VF on the VM.
 .. figure:: img/inter_vm_comms.*
 
    Inter-VM Communication
+
+
+Windows Support
+---------------
+
+*   IAVF PMD currently is supported only inside Windows guest created on Linux host.
+
+*   Physical PCI resources are exposed as virtual functions into Windows VM using SR-IOV pass through feature.
+
+*   Create a Windows guest on Linux host using KVM hypervisor. Refer to the steps mentioned in the above section "Setting Up a KVM Virtual Machine monitor"
+
+*   In the Host machine, download and install the kernel Ethernet driver from:
+    `http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=14687 <http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=14687>`_
+
+*   For Windows guest, install NetUIO driver in place of existing built-in(inbox) Virtual Function driver.
+
+*   To load NetUIO driver, follow the steps mentioned in `dpdk-kmods repository
+    <https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/tree/windows/netuio/README.rst>`_.
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index 675b573834..f5ae66a0ef 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ New Features
   * Added bus-level parsing of the devargs syntax.
   * Kept compatibility with the legacy syntax as parsing fallback.
 
+* **Updated Intel iavf driver.**
+
+  * Added Intel iavf support on Windows.
+
 
 Removed Items
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2.31.1.windows.1