patch 'doc: update versions recommendations for i40e and ice' has been queued to stable release 20.11.10

[luca.boccassi at gmail.com]

Hi,

FYI, your patch has been queued to stable release 20.11.10

Note it hasn't been pushed to http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable yet.
It will be pushed if I get no objections before 11/25/23. So please
shout if anyone has objections.

Also note that after the patch there's a diff of the upstream commit vs the
patch applied to the branch. This will indicate if there was any rebasing
needed to apply to the stable branch. If there were code changes for rebasing
(ie: not only metadata diffs), please double check that the rebase was
correctly done.

Queued patches are on a temporary branch at:
https://github.com/bluca/dpdk-stable

This queued commit can be viewed at:
https://github.com/bluca/dpdk-stable/commit/7db4cec7a85f3142c787d1c450c7e8cf0ca75624

Thanks.

Luca Boccassi

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>From 7db4cec7a85f3142c787d1c450c7e8cf0ca75624 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:14:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc: update versions recommendations for i40e and ice

[ upstream commit 300d68eb1cf095199b1d2282faceffc5adf59e3d ]

Update documentation to stop recommending that
out-of-tree Linux Kernel drivers are used for
i40e and ice.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
Acked-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 15 +++++++++------
 doc/guides/nics/ice.rst  | 11 +++++++----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
index 53818fcf4a..4878b660c7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
@@ -75,13 +75,16 @@ Prerequisites
       * In all cases Intel recommends using Intel Ethernet Optics; other modules
         may function but are not validated by Intel. Contact Intel for supported media types.
 
-Recommended Matching List
--------------------------
+Kernel driver and Firmware Matching List
+----------------------------------------
 
-It is highly recommended to upgrade the i40e kernel driver and firmware to
-avoid the compatibility issues with i40e PMD. Here is the suggested matching
-list which has been tested and verified. The detailed information can refer
-to chapter Tested Platforms/Tested NICs in release notes.
+It is highly recommended to upgrade the i40e kernel driver and firmware
+to avoid the compatibility issues with i40e PMD.
+The table below shows a summary of the DPDK versions
+with corresponding out-of-tree Linux kernel drivers and firmware.
+The full list of in-tree and out-of-tree Linux kernel drivers from kernel.org
+and Linux distributions that were tested and verified
+are listed in the Tested Platforms section of the Release Notes for each release.
 
 For X710/XL710/XXV710,
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
index 1cbaf5a399..90fab4b835 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ Prerequisites
   Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) Package <https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/618651>`_.
 
 
-Recommended Matching List
--------------------------
+Kernel driver, DDP and Firmware Matching List
+---------------------------------------------
 
 It is highly recommended to upgrade the ice kernel driver, firmware and DDP package
 to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD.
-Here is the suggested matching list which has been tested and verified.
-The detailed information can refer to chapter Tested Platforms/Tested NICs in release notes.
+The table below shows a summary of the DPDK versions
+with corresponding out-of-tree Linux kernel drivers, DDP package and firmware.
+The full list of in-tree and out-of-tree Linux kernel drivers from kernel.org
+and Linux distributions that were tested and verified
+are listed in the Tested Platforms section of the Release Notes for each release.
 
    +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+
    |    DPDK   | Kernel Driver | OS Default DDP  | COMMS DDP | Wireless DDP | Firmware  |
-- 
2.39.2

---
  Diff of the applied patch vs upstream commit (please double-check if non-empty:
---
--- -	2023-11-23 16:15:19.341196383 +0000
+++ 0003-doc-update-versions-recommendations-for-i40e-and-ice.patch	2023-11-23 16:15:19.211058297 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-From 300d68eb1cf095199b1d2282faceffc5adf59e3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 7db4cec7a85f3142c787d1c450c7e8cf0ca75624 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
@@ -5,0 +6,2 @@
+[ upstream commit 300d68eb1cf095199b1d2282faceffc5adf59e3d ]
+
@@ -10,2 +11,0 @@
-Cc: stable at dpdk.org
-
@@ -20 +20 @@
-index 791e9553bc..6cd1165521 100644
+index 53818fcf4a..4878b660c7 100644
@@ -23,3 +23,3 @@
-@@ -88,13 +88,16 @@ Windows Prerequisites
- - To load NetUIO driver, follow the steps mentioned in `dpdk-kmods repository
-   <https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/tree/windows/netuio/README.rst>`_.
+@@ -75,13 +75,16 @@ Prerequisites
+       * In all cases Intel recommends using Intel Ethernet Optics; other modules
+         may function but are not validated by Intel. Contact Intel for supported media types.
@@ -47 +47 @@
-index 6e71aac3c2..820a385b06 100644
+index 1cbaf5a399..90fab4b835 100644
@@ -50,2 +50,2 @@
-@@ -41,13 +41,16 @@ Windows Prerequisites
- - Loading of private Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) package is not supported on Windows.
+@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ Prerequisites
+   Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) Package <https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/618651>`_.