[dpdk-dev,v2] doc: update mlx5 guide

Message ID 85bf6cd386d1ea0ae8df9b4660090963dafe20a4.1509361052.git.shahafs@mellanox.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Shahaf Shuler Oct. 30, 2017, 10:58 a.m. UTC
  Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
  

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Nélio Laranjeiro Oct. 30, 2017, 12:08 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 12:58:25PM +0200, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 17 ++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> index cdb880a4c..f82aef15c 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Features
>  - Hardware checksum TX offload for VXLAN and GRE.
>  - RX interrupts.
>  - Statistics query including Basic, Extended and per queue.
> +- Rx HW timestamp.
>  
>  Limitations
>  -----------
> @@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ Limitations
>    is set to multi-packet send or Enhanced multi-packet send. Otherwise it must have
>    less than 50 segments.
>  - Count action for RTE flow is only supported in Mellanox OFED 4.2.
> +- VXLAN TSO and checksum offloads are not supported on VM.
>  
>  Configuration
>  -------------
> @@ -353,8 +355,9 @@ releases.
>  RMDA Core with Linux Kernel
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  
> -- Minimal kernel version : 4.13-rc4 (see `Linux installation documentation`_)
> -- Minimal rdma-core version: v15 (see `RDMA Core installation documentation`_)
> +- Minimal kernel version : v4.14 or the most recent 4.14-rc (see `Linux installation documentation`_)
> +- Minimal rdma-core version: v15+ commit 0c5f5765213a ("Merge pull request #227 from yishaih/tm")
> +  (see `RDMA Core installation documentation`_)
>  
>  .. _`Linux installation documentation`: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
>  .. _`RDMA Core installation documentation`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/master/README.md
> @@ -365,10 +368,10 @@ Mellanox OFED
>  - Mellanox OFED version: **4.2**.
>  - firmware version:
>  
> -  - ConnectX-4: **12.20.1010** and above.
> -  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.20.1010** and above.
> -  - ConnectX-5: **16.20.1010** and above.
> -  - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.20.1010** and above.
> +  - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above.
> +  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.21.1000** and above.
> +  - ConnectX-5: **16.21.1000** and above.
> +  - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.21.1000** and above.
>  
>  While these libraries and kernel modules are available on OpenFabrics
>  Alliance's `website <https://www.openfabrics.org/>`__ and provided by package
> @@ -421,7 +424,7 @@ Quick Start Guide on OFED
>  
>     .. code-block:: console
>  
> -        ./mlnxofedinstall
> +        ./mlnxofedinstall --upstream-libs --dpdk
>  
>  3. Verify the firmware is the correct one:
>  
> -- 
> 2.12.0
 
Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
  
John McNamara Nov. 2, 2017, 5:14 p.m. UTC | #2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shahaf Shuler
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 10:58 AM
> To: nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com; adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com;
> yskoh@mellanox.com
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update mlx5 guide
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
  
Ferruh Yigit Nov. 7, 2017, 5:38 a.m. UTC | #3
On 11/2/2017 10:14 AM, Mcnamara, John wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shahaf Shuler
>> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 10:58 AM
>> To: nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com; adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com;
>> yskoh@mellanox.com
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update mlx5 guide
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
> 
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index cdb880a4c..f82aef15c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@  Features
 - Hardware checksum TX offload for VXLAN and GRE.
 - RX interrupts.
 - Statistics query including Basic, Extended and per queue.
+- Rx HW timestamp.
 
 Limitations
 -----------
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@  Limitations
   is set to multi-packet send or Enhanced multi-packet send. Otherwise it must have
   less than 50 segments.
 - Count action for RTE flow is only supported in Mellanox OFED 4.2.
+- VXLAN TSO and checksum offloads are not supported on VM.
 
 Configuration
 -------------
@@ -353,8 +355,9 @@  releases.
 RMDA Core with Linux Kernel
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-- Minimal kernel version : 4.13-rc4 (see `Linux installation documentation`_)
-- Minimal rdma-core version: v15 (see `RDMA Core installation documentation`_)
+- Minimal kernel version : v4.14 or the most recent 4.14-rc (see `Linux installation documentation`_)
+- Minimal rdma-core version: v15+ commit 0c5f5765213a ("Merge pull request #227 from yishaih/tm")
+  (see `RDMA Core installation documentation`_)
 
 .. _`Linux installation documentation`: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
 .. _`RDMA Core installation documentation`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/master/README.md
@@ -365,10 +368,10 @@  Mellanox OFED
 - Mellanox OFED version: **4.2**.
 - firmware version:
 
-  - ConnectX-4: **12.20.1010** and above.
-  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.20.1010** and above.
-  - ConnectX-5: **16.20.1010** and above.
-  - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.20.1010** and above.
+  - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above.
+  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.21.1000** and above.
+  - ConnectX-5: **16.21.1000** and above.
+  - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.21.1000** and above.
 
 While these libraries and kernel modules are available on OpenFabrics
 Alliance's `website <https://www.openfabrics.org/>`__ and provided by package
@@ -421,7 +424,7 @@  Quick Start Guide on OFED
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-        ./mlnxofedinstall
+        ./mlnxofedinstall --upstream-libs --dpdk
 
 3. Verify the firmware is the correct one: