| Message ID | 20210121190956.2540-1-pallavi.kadam@intel.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded, archived |
| Delegated to: | Qi Zhang |
| Headers | show |
| Series | doc: update i40e PMD to support on windows | expand |
| Context | Check | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ci/intel-Testing | success | Testing PASS |
| ci/Intel-compilation | success | Compilation OK |
| ci/checkpatch | success | coding style OK |
21/01/2021 20:09, Pallavi Kadam: > Add documentation to support i40e PMD on Windows. > Update the release notes for the same. > > Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam@intel.com> > Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon@intel.com> > --- > doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++-- > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 4 ++++ > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) The update of doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini is missing. Please see the line "Windows" in mlx5.ini for comparison. [...] > +- 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 > + <https://browse.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/commit/?id=e28aabd882798f21b94918d4517621ce9e355269>`_. I think we should say NetUIO instead of UIO.
On 1/22/2021 3:16 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 21/01/2021 20:09, Pallavi Kadam: >> Add documentation to support i40e PMD on Windows. >> Update the release notes for the same. >> >> Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam@intel.com> >> Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon@intel.com> >> --- >> doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++-- >> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 4 ++++ >> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > The update of doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini is missing. > Please see the line "Windows" in mlx5.ini for comparison. Thank you. Sure, I'll update it in v2. > > [...] >> +- 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 >> + <https://browse.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/commit/?id=e28aabd882798f21b94918d4517621ce9e355269>`_. > I think we should say NetUIO instead of UIO. Agree. Will replace this in v2. > >
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 <http://www.intel.com/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 <https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/windows_gsg/index.html>`_ 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 + <https://browse.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/commit/?id=e28aabd882798f21b94918d4517621ce9e355269>`_. + 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.