Update the description and limitation about ice PMD according to the product release strategy.
Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong...@intel.com> Acked-by: Qiming Yang <qiming.y...@intel.com> --- doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 29 +++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst index c5278fc757..9a9f4a6bb0 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst @@ -12,33 +12,14 @@ the Intel Ethernet Controller E810. Prerequisites ------------- -- Identifying your adapter using `Intel Support - <http://www.intel.com/support>`_ and get the latest NVM/FW images. +- The E810 is currently in sampling state only. To obtain early samples and/or get further information + about kernel drivers, firmware and DDP support, please speak to your Intel representative. - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment. - To get better performance on Intel platforms, please follow the "How to get best performance with NICs on Intel platforms" section of the :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>`. -Recommended Matching List -------------------------- - -It is highly recommended to upgrade the ice kernel driver and firmware and -DDP packages to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD. Here is the -suggested matching list. - - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - | DPDK version | Kernel driver version | Firmware version | DDP OS Package | DDP COMMS Package | - +======================+=======================+==================+================+===================+ - | 20.02 | 0.12.25 | 1.1.16.39 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.10 | - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - | 19.11 | 0.12.25 | 1.1.16.39 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.10 | - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - | 19.08 (experimental) | 0.10.1 | 1.1.12.7 | 1.2.0 | N/A | - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - | 19.05 (experimental) | 0.9.4 | 1.1.10.16 | 1.1.0 | N/A | - +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+ - Pre-Installation Configuration ------------------------------ @@ -330,7 +311,7 @@ is stored in ``ice_adapter->active_pkg_type``. A symbolic link to the DDP package file is also ok. The same package file is used by both the kernel driver and the DPDK PMD. -19.02 limitation -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +limitation +~~~~~~~~~~ -Ice code released in 19.02 is for evaluation only. +Ice code released is for evaluation only currently. -- 2.17.1
