From patchwork Thu Sep 29 17:04:08 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ajit Khaparde X-Patchwork-Id: 16246 X-Patchwork-Delegate: bruce.richardson@intel.com Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ACED591F; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:04:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-gw3-out.broadcom.com (mail-gw3-out.broadcom.com [216.31.210.64]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60E9758C8 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:04:49 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.31,415,1473145200"; d="scan'208";a="105472034" Received: from mail-irv-18.broadcom.com ([10.15.198.37]) by mail-gw3-out.broadcom.com with ESMTP; 29 Sep 2016 10:39:30 -0700 Received: from mail-irva-12.broadcom.com (mail-irva-12.broadcom.com [10.11.16.101]) by mail-irv-18.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCABE82030 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:04:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from C02PT1RBG8WP.aus.broadcom.com (dhcp-10-46-64-52.aus.broadcom.com [10.46.64.52]) by mail-irva-12.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B149CC26FB for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:04:08 -0500 From: Ajit Khaparde To: dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20160929170408.GA52227@C02PT1RBG8WP.aus.broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] bnxt: Update the Broadcom PMD driver documentation X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" This patch reformats the Broadcom PMD driver documentation based on recommendations from previous review referenced below: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/16144/ Also since the PMD now loads on a VF interface, update the documentation accordingly. Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde Acked-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst index cf7fca8..e9f9c9e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst @@ -31,19 +31,21 @@ bnxt poll mode driver library ============================= The bnxt poll mode library (**librte_pmd_bnxt**) implements support for: -**Broadcom NetXtreme-C®/NetXtreme-E® BCM5730X and BCM5740X family of -Ethernet Network Controllers**. These adapters support Standards compliant + +* **Broadcom NetXtreme-C®/NetXtreme-E® BCM5730X and BCM5740X family of +Ethernet Network Controllers**: These adapters support Standards compliant 10/25/50Gbps 30MPPS full-duplex throughput. -**Broadcom StrataGX® BCM5871X Series of Communucations Processors** -These ARM based processors target a broad range of networking applications -including virtual CPE (vCPE) and NFV appliances, 10G service routers and -gateways, control plane processing for Ethernet switches and network attached -storage (NAS). Information about the NetXtreme family of adapters can be found in the `NetXtreme® Brand section `_ of the `Broadcom website `_. +* **Broadcom StrataGX® BCM5871X Series of Communucations Processors**: +These ARM based processors target a broad range of networking applications +including virtual CPE (vCPE) and NFV appliances, 10G service routers and +gateways, control plane processing for Ethernet switches and network +attached storage (NAS). + Information about the StrataGX family of adapters can be found in the `StrataGX® BCM5871X Series section `_ @@ -56,5 +58,3 @@ With the current driver, allocated mbufs must be large enough to hold the entire received frame. If the mbufs are not large enough, the packets will be dropped. This is most limiting when jumbo frames are used. - -SR-IOV is not supported.