From patchwork Thu Jan 21 19:09:56 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Kadam, Pallavi" X-Patchwork-Id: 87044 X-Patchwork-Delegate: qi.z.zhang@intel.com Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73021A09E4; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:17:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6B89140E2B; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:17:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga12.intel.com (mga12.intel.com [192.55.52.136]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27629140E22 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:17:40 +0100 (CET) IronPort-SDR: ePT1DXDt8wbLowU9G9SCIbPMXg1AVPpPtphG9NoFvlP4UcA1Lv09lqgIBbQZzRv5M/CRcYxtIF 6hbL3vaFcGew== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9871"; a="158507652" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.79,365,1602572400"; d="scan'208";a="158507652" Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Jan 2021 11:17:32 -0800 IronPort-SDR: kWc3ss70OUfsleHLrSJQ/hbQr3OOZHkmU4SQmG6m90cVpDvsrfWTIXNU4JWShPo5oOvbG9lv2P UWwPrcacI4GQ== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.79,365,1602572400"; d="scan'208";a="356620679" Received: from win-dpdk-pallavi.jf.intel.com (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([10.166.188.111]) by fmsmga008.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 21 Jan 2021 11:17:30 -0800 From: Pallavi Kadam To: dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net Cc: ranjit.menon@intel.com, beilei.xing@intel.com, jia.guo@intel.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, pallavi.kadam@intel.com Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:09:56 -0800 Message-Id: <20210121190956.2540-1-pallavi.kadam@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.18.0.windows.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update i40e PMD to support on windows X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Add documentation to support i40e PMD on Windows. Update the release notes for the same. Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon --- doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++-- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst index 20c998398..7bdaea8c0 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ Features of the i40e PMD are: - Malicious Device Drive event catch and notify - Generic flow API -Prerequisites -------------- +Linux Prerequisites +------------------- - Identifying your adapter using `Intel Support `_ and get the latest NVM/FW images. @@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ Prerequisites * In all cases Intel recommends using Intel Ethernet Optics; other modules may function but are not validated by Intel. Contact Intel for supported media types. +Windows Prerequisites +--------------------- + +- Follow the DPDK `Getting Started Guide for Windows `_ to setup the basic DPDK environment. + +- Identify the Intel® Ethernet adapter and get the latest NVM/FW version. + +- To access any Intel® Ethernet hardware, load the UIO driver in place of existing built-in (inbox) driver. + +- To load UIO driver, follow the steps mentioned in `dpdk-kmods repository + `_. + Recommended Matching List ------------------------- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst index ae36b6a3f..176c6a66f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ New Features * Added support for 64B completion queue entries +* **Updated Intel i40e driver.** + + * Added support on Windows. + * **Updated Intel ice driver.** * Added Double VLAN support for DCF switch QinQ filtering.