[dpdk-stable] patch 'doc: explain zlib dependency for bnx2x' has been queued to LTS release 16.11.2
Yuanhan Liu
yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com
Mon May 8 07:40:23 CEST 2017
Hi,
FYI, your patch has been queued to LTS release 16.11.2
Note it hasn't been pushed to http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable
yet. It will be pushed if I get no objections before 05/13/17.
So please shout if anyone has objections.
Thanks.
--yliu
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From: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody at cavium.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 16:57:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: explain zlib dependency for bnx2x
[ upstream commit 6d4e18669575ad0d036b2b7a16a15b122b482b0a ]
Correct CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_PMD config file option and add a note
about external zlib dependency for loading the firmware image.
Fixes: ce9b8bb8b998 ("config: disable bnx2x driver")
Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody at cavium.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
index 6d1768a..2e34942 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
@@ -96,9 +96,11 @@ Config File Options
The following options can be modified in the ``.config`` file. Please note that
enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_PMD`` (default **y**)
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_PMD`` (default **n**)
- Toggle compilation of bnx2x driver.
+ Toggle compilation of bnx2x driver. To use bnx2x PMD set this config parameter
+ to 'y'. Also, in order for firmware binary to load user will need zlib devel
+ package installed.
- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_DEBUG`` (default **n**)
--
1.9.0
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