updated MAINTAINERS and doc files for FreeBSD support
Signed-off-by: Srikanth Kaka <srikant...@oneconvergence.com>
Signed-off-by: Vag Singh <vag.si...@oneconvergence.com>
Signed-off-by: Anand Thulasiram <av...@juniper.net>
---
MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7c4f541dba..01a494ef0e 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ F: app/test/test_vdev.c
VMBUS bus driver
M: Stephen Hemminger <sthem...@microsoft.com>
M: Long Li <lon...@microsoft.com>
+M: Srikanth Kaka <srikant...@oneconvergence.com>
F: drivers/bus/vmbus/
@@ -823,6 +824,7 @@ F: doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst
Microsoft Hyper-V netvsc
M: Stephen Hemminger <sthem...@microsoft.com>
M: Long Li <lon...@microsoft.com>
+M: Srikanth Kaka <srikant...@oneconvergence.com>
F: drivers/net/netvsc/
F: doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
F: doc/guides/nics/features/netvsc.ini
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst b/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
index 77efe1dc91..12d17024b7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ operations:
The dpdk-devbind.py script can not be used since it only handles PCI
devices.
+On FreeBSD, with hv_uio kernel driver loaded, do the following:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ devctl set driver -f hn1 hv_uio
+
Prerequisites
-------------
@@ -101,6 +107,11 @@ The following prerequisites apply:
Full support of multiple queues requires the 4.17 kernel. It is possible
to use the netvsc PMD with 4.16 kernel but it is limited to a single queue.
+* FreeBSD support for UIO on vmbus is done with hv_uio driver and it is still
+ in `review`_
+
+.. _`review`: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32184
+
Netvsc PMD arguments
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2.30.2
