[dpdk-dev,v2] doc: update mlx5 guide
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Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
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doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 12:58:25PM +0200, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 17 ++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> index cdb880a4c..f82aef15c 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Features
> - Hardware checksum TX offload for VXLAN and GRE.
> - RX interrupts.
> - Statistics query including Basic, Extended and per queue.
> +- Rx HW timestamp.
>
> Limitations
> -----------
> @@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ Limitations
> is set to multi-packet send or Enhanced multi-packet send. Otherwise it must have
> less than 50 segments.
> - Count action for RTE flow is only supported in Mellanox OFED 4.2.
> +- VXLAN TSO and checksum offloads are not supported on VM.
>
> Configuration
> -------------
> @@ -353,8 +355,9 @@ releases.
> RMDA Core with Linux Kernel
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> -- Minimal kernel version : 4.13-rc4 (see `Linux installation documentation`_)
> -- Minimal rdma-core version: v15 (see `RDMA Core installation documentation`_)
> +- Minimal kernel version : v4.14 or the most recent 4.14-rc (see `Linux installation documentation`_)
> +- Minimal rdma-core version: v15+ commit 0c5f5765213a ("Merge pull request #227 from yishaih/tm")
> + (see `RDMA Core installation documentation`_)
>
> .. _`Linux installation documentation`: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> .. _`RDMA Core installation documentation`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/master/README.md
> @@ -365,10 +368,10 @@ Mellanox OFED
> - Mellanox OFED version: **4.2**.
> - firmware version:
>
> - - ConnectX-4: **12.20.1010** and above.
> - - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.20.1010** and above.
> - - ConnectX-5: **16.20.1010** and above.
> - - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.20.1010** and above.
> + - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above.
> + - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.21.1000** and above.
> + - ConnectX-5: **16.21.1000** and above.
> + - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.21.1000** and above.
>
> While these libraries and kernel modules are available on OpenFabrics
> Alliance's `website <https://www.openfabrics.org/>`__ and provided by package
> @@ -421,7 +424,7 @@ Quick Start Guide on OFED
>
> .. code-block:: console
>
> - ./mlnxofedinstall
> + ./mlnxofedinstall --upstream-libs --dpdk
>
> 3. Verify the firmware is the correct one:
>
> --
> 2.12.0
Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shahaf Shuler
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 10:58 AM
> To: nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com; adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com;
> yskoh@mellanox.com
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update mlx5 guide
>
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
On 11/2/2017 10:14 AM, Mcnamara, John wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shahaf Shuler
>> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 10:58 AM
>> To: nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com; adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com;
>> yskoh@mellanox.com
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update mlx5 guide
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
>
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Features
- Hardware checksum TX offload for VXLAN and GRE.
- RX interrupts.
- Statistics query including Basic, Extended and per queue.
+- Rx HW timestamp.
Limitations
-----------
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ Limitations
is set to multi-packet send or Enhanced multi-packet send. Otherwise it must have
less than 50 segments.
- Count action for RTE flow is only supported in Mellanox OFED 4.2.
+- VXLAN TSO and checksum offloads are not supported on VM.
Configuration
-------------
@@ -353,8 +355,9 @@ releases.
RMDA Core with Linux Kernel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- Minimal kernel version : 4.13-rc4 (see `Linux installation documentation`_)
-- Minimal rdma-core version: v15 (see `RDMA Core installation documentation`_)
+- Minimal kernel version : v4.14 or the most recent 4.14-rc (see `Linux installation documentation`_)
+- Minimal rdma-core version: v15+ commit 0c5f5765213a ("Merge pull request #227 from yishaih/tm")
+ (see `RDMA Core installation documentation`_)
.. _`Linux installation documentation`: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
.. _`RDMA Core installation documentation`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/master/README.md
@@ -365,10 +368,10 @@ Mellanox OFED
- Mellanox OFED version: **4.2**.
- firmware version:
- - ConnectX-4: **12.20.1010** and above.
- - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.20.1010** and above.
- - ConnectX-5: **16.20.1010** and above.
- - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.20.1010** and above.
+ - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above.
+ - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.21.1000** and above.
+ - ConnectX-5: **16.21.1000** and above.
+ - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.21.1000** and above.
While these libraries and kernel modules are available on OpenFabrics
Alliance's `website <https://www.openfabrics.org/>`__ and provided by package
@@ -421,7 +424,7 @@ Quick Start Guide on OFED
.. code-block:: console
- ./mlnxofedinstall
+ ./mlnxofedinstall --upstream-libs --dpdk
3. Verify the firmware is the correct one: