Add documentation to support i40e PMD on Windows. Update the release notes for the same.
Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.ka...@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.me...@intel.com> --- doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++-- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst index 20c998398..7bdaea8c0 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ Features of the i40e PMD are: - Malicious Device Drive event catch and notify - Generic flow API -Prerequisites -------------- +Linux Prerequisites +------------------- - Identifying your adapter using `Intel Support <http://www.intel.com/support>`_ and get the latest NVM/FW images. @@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ Prerequisites * In all cases Intel recommends using Intel Ethernet Optics; other modules may function but are not validated by Intel. Contact Intel for supported media types. +Windows Prerequisites +--------------------- + +- Follow the DPDK `Getting Started Guide for Windows <https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/windows_gsg/index.html>`_ to setup the basic DPDK environment. + +- Identify the Intel?? Ethernet adapter and get the latest NVM/FW version. + +- To access any Intel?? Ethernet hardware, load the UIO driver in place of existing built-in (inbox) driver. + +- To load UIO driver, follow the steps mentioned in `dpdk-kmods repository + <https://browse.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/commit/?id=e28aabd882798f21b94918d4517621ce9e355269>`_. + Recommended Matching List ------------------------- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst index ae36b6a3f..176c6a66f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ New Features * Added support for 64B completion queue entries +* **Updated Intel i40e driver.** + + * Added support on Windows. + * **Updated Intel ice driver.** * Added Double VLAN support for DCF switch QinQ filtering. -- 2.25.4
