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[v2] doc: update qede management firmware guide

Message ID 1530145925-8805-1-git-send-email-rasesh.mody@cavium.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Series [v2] doc: update qede management firmware guide |

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Mody, Rasesh June 28, 2018, 12:32 a.m. UTC 
  Fixes: c49a438fce90 ("doc: update qede guide and features")
Fixes: db86fbe54d90 ("doc: update qede PMD NIC guide")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

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

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Ferruh Yigit June 28, 2018, 4:53 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 6/28/2018 1:32 AM, Rasesh Mody wrote:
> Fixes: c49a438fce90 ("doc: update qede guide and features")
> Fixes: db86fbe54d90 ("doc: update qede PMD NIC guide")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@cavium.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
index a4adf75..cba3886 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