> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 7, 2023 04:30
> To: Wu, Jingjing <jingjing...@intel.com>
> Cc: Guo, Junfeng <junfeng....@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> sta...@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: update BIOS setting and supported HW list for
> NTB
>
> On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 09:35:29 +0000
> "Wu, Jingjing" <jingjing...@intel.com> wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Guo, Junfeng <junfeng....@intel.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 3, 2023 5:25 PM
> > > To: Wu, Jingjing <jingjing...@intel.com>
> > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; sta...@dpdk.org; Guo, Junfeng
> <junfeng....@intel.com>
> > > Subject: [PATCH] doc: update BIOS setting and supported HW list for
> NTB
> > >
> > > Update BIOS settings and supported platform list for Intel NTB.
> > >
> > > Fixes: f5057be340e4 ("raw/ntb: support Intel Ice Lake")
> > > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Junfeng Guo <junfeng....@intel.com>
> >
> > Acked-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing...@intel.com>
>
> Kind of unfortunate that the documentation does not list why non-
> standard
> settings are needed for DPDK.
Thanks for the comments!
Yes, these BIOS settings are used to enable the NTB device so that it can
be used by DPDK PMD or other drivers.
I'm not quite sure about the principle of each required item. But without
them, the NTB device cannot show up in the PCI buses list.
We can update them gradually once we know the purpose of each setting.
Thanks!
