31/07/2019 10:02, Rasesh Mody: > Add and update co-existence considerations for bnx2x PMD > > Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rm...@marvell.com> > --- > doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst | 15 ++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst > index a7dee0c10..358ed7927 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst > @@ -69,9 +69,18 @@ Co-existence considerations > bnx2fi) is not supported on the same adapter. So storage personality > has to be disabled on that adapter when used in DPDK applications. > > -- For SR-IOV case, bnx2x PMD will be used to bind to SR-IOV VF device and > - Linux native kernel driver (bnx2x) will be attached to SR-IOV PF. > - > +- Linux kernel drivers and bnx2x PMD can’t be mixed on a given BCM578xx > + adapter. This type of coexistence is unsupported. A given adapter > + needs to be completely used by DPDK or Linux drivers, when SR-IOV > + is not enabled. Before binging DPDK driver to one or more devices on > + the adapter, please make sure to unbind Linux drivers from all devices > + of the adapter. If there are multiple adapters on the system, one or > + more adapter can be used by DPDK driver and other adapters can be used > + by Linux drivers. > + > +- When SR-IOV is enabled, Linux native kernel driver (bnx2x) can be > + bound to the PFs of a given adapter and either DPDK or Linux drivers > + can be bound to the VFs of the adapter.
Same comment as for qede: this is not specific to the PMD. Please update and reference the Linux guide.
