On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote: > 2015-11-13 11:32, Aws Ismail: >> I just wanted to confirm whether the 0x15ad X552/X557-AT 10GBase-T >> devices are currently "fully" supported by DPDK (master). > > My understanding is that it is supported: > http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=2e83c81bad > (but you can have a hint in the last letters of the commit id ;) > Thanks Thomas for the reply,
:) I would agree on that. It seems to me support is just experimental for now. >> I have looked at the ixgbe PMD code and I can see 0x15AD being >> mentioned in the device list but I am unable to fully use it even with >> the testpmd app. > > So I think you can send a bug report on this list. Is there a process to file a bug? on the dev page (http://dpdk.org/dev) there is no mention about how to send in a bug report. Is there a bugzilla page for DPDK somewhere? > >> I understand that the 0x15ad devices are not yet fully supported in >> the mainline kernel (even in 4.3.x) as of yet, but I wonder if the PMD >> usually lags behind the mainline driver. > > There is no rule and really often they are not written by the same > developpers.
