doc: update NIC support guide for bnxt and release notes
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From: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
Add support for the Broadcom NetXtreme-E (BCM57500) family of controllers
(aka Thor). The BCM57500 device is a 200G Ethernet controller with
50G PAM-4 and PCIe 4.0
Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Lance Richardson <lance.richardson@broadcom.com>
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doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst | 6 +++---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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On 6/7/2019 2:33 PM, Lance Richardson wrote:
> From: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
>
> Add support for the Broadcom NetXtreme-E (BCM57500) family of controllers
> (aka Thor). The BCM57500 device is a 200G Ethernet controller with
> 50G PAM-4 and PCIe 4.0
>
> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lance Richardson <lance.richardson@broadcom.com>
Squashed into relevant commit [1] in next-net, thanks.
[1]: "net/bnxt: support thor controller"
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ BNXT Poll Mode Driver
The bnxt poll mode library (**librte_pmd_bnxt**) implements support for:
* **Broadcom NetXtreme-C®/NetXtreme-E®/NetXtreme-S®
- BCM5730X / BCM574XX / BCM58000 family of Ethernet Network Controllers**
+ BCM5730X / BCM574XX / BCM58000 / BCM575XX family of Ethernet Network Controllers**
- These adapters support Standards compliant 10/25/50/100Gbps 30MPPS
- full-duplex throughput.
+ Adapters based on this family of controllers support standards-compliant Ethernet
+ operation with link speeds of 10/25/50/100/200Gbps.
Information about the NetXtreme family of adapters can be found in the
`NetXtreme® Brand section
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ New Features
* Added support for SSE vector mode
* Updated HWRM API to version 1.10.0.74
+* **Added support for Broadcom NetXtreme-E BCM57500 Ethernet controllers.**
+
+ Added support to the bnxt PMD for the BCM57500 (a.k.a. "Thor") family
+ of Ethernet controllers. These controllers support link speeds up to
+ 200Gbps, 50G PAM-4, and PCIe 4.0.
+
* **Added memif PMD.**
Added the new Shared Memory Packet Interface (``memif``) PMD.