06/08/2020 17:49, Viacheslav Ovsiienko:
> The mlx5 PMD might not work on Power 9 platform with OFED
> version 5.1-0.6.6.0 (latest GA release at the moment).
> Release notes know issues chapter is updated accordingly,
> workaround is proposed.
>
> Fixes: 544f35c334e5 ("doc: add tested platforms with Mellanox NICs")
>
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viachesl...@mellanox.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> index 9761f5a..147a380 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> @@ -331,6 +331,11 @@ Known Issues
> Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
Please see above. Indent is wrong.
> =========================================================
>
> + * **mlx5 PMD might not work on Power 9 with OFED 5.1-0.6.6.0.**
Just to confirm, "might" means it works sometimes.
Matter of luck?
> +
> + Consider using the newer OFED releases, the previous
> + OFED 5.0-2.1.8.0, or upstream rdma-core library v29 and above.
> +
>
> Tested Platforms
> ----------------
> @@ -489,4 +494,4 @@ Tested Platforms
>
> * OFED:
>
> - * MLNX_OFED 5.1-0.6.6.0
> + * MLNX_OFED 5.0-2.1.8.0
