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{ "id": 43601, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/patches/43601/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20180806163107.23595-1-stephen@networkplumber.org/", "project": { "id": 1, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/projects/1/?format=api", "name": "DPDK", "link_name": "dpdk", "list_id": "dev.dpdk.org", "list_email": "dev@dpdk.org", "web_url": "http://core.dpdk.org", "scm_url": "git://dpdk.org/dpdk", "webscm_url": "http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev", "list_archive_url_format": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/{}", "commit_url_format": "" }, "msgid": "<20180806163107.23595-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20180806163107.23595-1-stephen@networkplumber.org", "date": "2018-08-06T16:31:07", "name": "doc: clarify usage of netvsc PMD", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "accepted", "archived": true, "hash": "66352a1830e152d2d366b11d63257bc6390e44b6", "submitter": { "id": 27, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/people/27/?format=api", "name": "Stephen Hemminger", "email": "stephen@networkplumber.org" }, "delegate": null, "mbox": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20180806163107.23595-1-stephen@networkplumber.org/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 918, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/series/918/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=918", "date": "2018-08-06T16:31:07", "name": "doc: clarify usage of netvsc PMD", "version": 1, "mbox": "http://patches.dpdk.org/series/918/mbox/" } ], "comments": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/patches/43601/comments/", "check": "success", "checks": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/patches/43601/checks/", "tags": {}, "related": [], "headers": { "Return-Path": "<dev-bounces@dpdk.org>", "X-Original-To": "patchwork@dpdk.org", "Delivered-To": "patchwork@dpdk.org", "Received": [ "from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1])\n\tby dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 304DF8E65;\n\tMon, 6 Aug 2018 18:31:17 +0200 (CEST)", "from mail-pg1-f195.google.com (mail-pg1-f195.google.com\n\t[209.85.215.195]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F41E55F54\n\tfor <dev@dpdk.org>; Mon, 6 Aug 2018 18:31:15 +0200 (CEST)", "by mail-pg1-f195.google.com with SMTP id r1-v6so6452174pgp.11\n\tfor <dev@dpdk.org>; Mon, 06 Aug 2018 09:31:15 -0700 (PDT)", "from xeon-e3.lan (204-195-22-127.wavecable.com. 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Make this clear in the\nguide.\n\nSigned-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>\n---\n doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst | 16 ++++++++++------\n 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst b/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst\nindex 0f033e3a3d63..93d6ec0146ad 100644\n--- a/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst\n+++ b/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst\n@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Netvsc poll mode driver\n \n The Netvsc Poll Mode driver (PMD) provides support for the paravirtualized\n network device for Microsoft Hyper-V. It can be used with\n-Window Server 2008/2012/2016, Windows 10 and Azure cloud.\n+Window Server 2008/2012/2016, Windows 10.\n The device offers multi-queue support (if kernel and host support it),\n checksum and segmentation offloads.\n \n@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ In this release, the hyper PMD driver provides the basic functionality of packet\n \n * The PMD supports multicast packets and promiscuous mode subject to restrictions on the host.\n In order to this to work, the guest network configuration on Hyper-V must be configured to allow MAC address\n- spoofing. This option is not available on Azure.\n+ spoofing.\n \n * The device has only a single MAC address.\n Hyper-V driver does not support MAC or VLAN filtering because the Hyper-V host does not support it.\n@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@ In this release, the hyper PMD driver provides the basic functionality of packet\n * The maximum number of queues is limited by the host (currently 64).\n When used with 4.16 kernel only a single queue is available.\n \n-* This driver is intended for use with synthetic path only.\n- Accelerated Networking (SR-IOV) acceleration is not supported yet.\n- Use the VDEV_NETVSC device for accelerated networking instead.\n+.. note::\n+ This driver is intended for use with **Hyper-V only** and is\n+ not recommended for use on Azure because accelerated Networking\n+ (SR-IOV) is not supported.\n+\n+ On Azure, use the :ref:`VDEV_NETVSC driver <./vdev_netvsc>` which\n+ automatically configures the necessary TAP and failsave drivers.\n \n \n Installation\n@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ operations:\n \n .. Note::\n \n- The dpkd-devbind.py script should not be used. It only handles PCI devices.\n+ The dpkd-devbind.py script can not be used since it only handles PCI devices.\n \n \n Prerequisites\n", "prefixes": [] }