[dpdk-dev,v2] doc: add mlx5 release notes
Commit Message
Add list of tested and validated NICs too.
Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 122 insertions(+)
Comments
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nelio Laranjeiro [mailto:nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 1:46 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Adrien Mazarguil
> <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: add mlx5 release notes
>
> Add list of tested and validated NICs too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
Hi Nelio,
Nice to see such an extensive list of tested platforms and NICs.
I don't know if it is generally okay to update only part of a patchset
but apart from that:
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ New Features
The GCC 4.9 ``-march`` option supports the Intel processor code names.
The config option ``RTE_MACHINE`` can be used to pass code names to the compiler as ``-march`` flag.
+* **Updated the mlx5 driver.**
+
+ The following changes were made to mlx5:
+
+ * Add support for RSS hash result
+ * Several performance improvements
+ * Several bug fixes
Resolved Issues
---------------
@@ -277,6 +284,24 @@ Tested Platforms
This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+#. Intel(R) Server board S2600WTT
+
+ - Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
+
+#. Intel(R) Server
+
+ - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+
+#. Intel(R) Server
+
+ - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
+
+#. IBM(R) Power8(R)
+
+ - Machine type-model: 8247-22L
+ - Firmware FW810.21 (SV810_108)
+ - Processor: POWER8E (raw), AltiVec supported
+
Tested NICs
-----------
@@ -291,6 +316,96 @@ Tested NICs
This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 14.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 14.17.1010
Tested OSes
-----------
@@ -309,3 +424,10 @@ Tested OSes
* Wind River Linux 8
This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+
+* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.7 (Santiago)
+* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.0 (Maipo)
+* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
+* Wind River Linux 6.0.0.26
+* Ubuntu 14.04
+* Ubuntu 15.04