On 1/20/2023 2:19 AM, lon...@linuxonhyperv.com wrote:
> From: Long Li <lon...@microsoft.com>
>
> The required dependencies for mana from rdma-core and Linux kernel have
> been released. Add those information to the doc.
>
> Fixes: 517ed6e2d590 ("net/mana: add basic driver with build environment")
> Signed-off-by: Long Li <lon...@microsoft.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/nics/mana.rst | 8 +++-----
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst
> index 005c0b2ca7..341146c4e7 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mana.rst
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ and must be installed separately:
> It allows slow and privileged operations
> (context initialization, hardware resources allocations)
> to be managed by the kernel and fast operations to never leave user space.
> + The minimum required rdma-core version is v44.
>
> In most cases, rdma-core is shipped as a package with an OS distribution.
> User can also install the upstream version of the rdma-core from
> @@ -39,15 +40,14 @@ and must be installed separately:
> Low-level user space driver library
> for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter devices,
> it is automatically loaded by libibverbs.
> -
> - The support of MANA is not merged in rdma-core 42.
> + The minimum required version of rdma-core with libmana is v44.
>
> - **Kernel modules**
>
> They provide the kernel-side verbs API and low level device drivers
> that manage actual hardware initialization
> and resources sharing with user space processes.
> - The minimum required Linux kernel version is 6.1.
> + The minimum required Linux kernel version is 6.2.
>
Hi Long,
Linux 6.2 seems release, can you please confirm required dependency is
part of 6.2 release.
> Unlike most other PMDs, these modules must remain loaded
> and bound to their devices:
> @@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ and must be installed separately:
> - mana_ib: InifiniBand device driver.
> - ib_uverbs: user space driver for verbs (entry point for libibverbs).
>
> - The support of MANA is planned in Linux 6.2.
> -
> Driver compilation and testing
> ------------------------------
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
