[dpdk-stable] patch 'doc: update qede management firmware guide' has been queued to stable release 18.05.1

[Christian Ehrhardt]

Hi,

FYI, your patch has been queued to stable release 18.05.1

Note it hasn't been pushed to http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable yet.
It will be pushed if I get no objections before 08/01/18. So please
shout if anyone has objections.

Thanks.

Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com>

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From: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody at cavium.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:32:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: update qede management firmware guide

[ upstream commit 1fc3afdf7886eaf65ff61ed57d62e1438adcbe53 ]

Fixes: c49a438fce90 ("doc: update qede guide and features")
Fixes: db86fbe54d90 ("doc: update qede PMD NIC guide")

Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody at cavium.com>
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 doc/guides/nics/qede.rst | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
index a4adf7567..cba388681 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ Prerequisites
   or `QLogic Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/DefaultNewSearch.aspx>`_.
   To download firmware file from QLogic website, select adapter category, model and DPDK Poll Mode Driver.
 
-- Requires management firmware (MFW) version **8.34.x.x** or higher to be
-  flashed on to the adapter. If the required management firmware is not
-  available then download from
-  `QLogic Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/DefaultNewSearch.aspx>`_.
-  For downloading firmware upgrade utility, select adapter category, model and Linux distro.
-  To flash the management firmware refer to the instructions in the QLogic Firmware Upgrade Utility Readme document.
+- Requires the NIC be updated minimally with **8.30.x.x** Management firmware(MFW) version supported for that NIC.
+  It is highly recommended that the NIC be updated with the latest available management firmware version to get latest feature  set.
+  Management Firmware and Firmware Upgrade Utility for Cavium FastLinQ(r) branded adapters can be downloaded from
+  `Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/DefaultNewSearch.aspx>`_.
+  For downloading Firmware Upgrade Utility, select NIC category, model and Linux distro.
+  To update the management firmware, refer to the instructions in the Firmware Upgrade Utility Readme document.
+  For OEM branded adapters please follow the instruction provided by the OEM to update the Management Firmware on the NIC.
 
 - SR-IOV requires Linux PF driver version **8.20.x.x** or higher.
   If the required PF driver is not available then download it from
-- 
2.17.1