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[dpdk-dev,v2] net/bnx2x: update document for PMD usage

Message ID 1493769469-17738-1-git-send-email-rasesh.mody@cavium.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
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Mody, Rasesh May 2, 2017, 11:57 p.m. UTC 
  Correct CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_PMD config file option and add a note
about external zlib dependency for loading the firmware image.

Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@cavium.com>
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 doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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Thomas Monjalon May 7, 2017, 12:45 p.m. UTC | #1 
03/05/2017 01:57, Rasesh Mody:
> Correct CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_PMD config file option and add a note
> about external zlib dependency for loading the firmware image.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@cavium.com>

Fixes: ce9b8bb8b998 ("config: disable bnx2x driver")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Applied, thanks
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
index a3a0665..fbfc048 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**)