Update documentation to stop recommending that out-of-tree Linux Kernel drivers are used for i40e and ice.
Cc: sta...@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> --- Sent mail explaining background here: http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/d212cb6e-53fd-b017-0d93-ff0b01476...@redhat.com/ --- doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 13 ++++++++----- doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 15 +++++++++------ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst index 791e9553bc..8b2a94060c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst @@ -89,11 +89,14 @@ Windows Prerequisites <https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/tree/windows/netuio/README.rst>`_. -Recommended Matching List -------------------------- +Kernel driver and Firmware Matching List +---------------------------------------- It is highly recommended to upgrade the i40e kernel driver and firmware to -avoid the compatibility issues with i40e PMD. Here is the suggested matching -list which has been tested and verified. The detailed information can refer -to chapter Tested Platforms/Tested NICs in release notes. +avoid the compatibility issues with i40e PMD. The table below shows a +summary of the DPDK versions with corresponding out-of-tree Linux kernel +drivers and Firmware. The full list of in-tree and out-of-tree Linux kernel +drivers from kernel.org and Linux distributions that were tested and verified +are listed in the Tested Platforms section of the Release notes for each +release. For X710/XL710/XXV710, diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst index 6e71aac3c2..0f7a797ad5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst @@ -42,11 +42,14 @@ Windows Prerequisites -Recommended Matching List -------------------------- +Kernel driver, DDP and Firmware Matching List +--------------------------------------------- -It is highly recommended to upgrade the ice kernel driver, firmware and DDP package -to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD. -Here is the suggested matching list which has been tested and verified. -The detailed information can refer to chapter Tested Platforms/Tested NICs in release notes. +It is highly recommended to upgrade the ice kernel driver, firmware and DDP +package to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD. The table below shows +a summary of the DPDK versions with corresponding out-of-tree Linux kernel +drivers, DDP package and Firmware. The full list of in-tree and out-of-tree +Linux kernel drivers from kernel.org and Linux distributions that were tested +and verified are listed in the Tested Platforms section of the Release notes +for each release. +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+ -- 2.41.0
