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[v2] doc: update for ice

Message ID 20200525152228.27158-1-xiaolong.ye@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Series [v2] doc: update for ice |

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Xiaolong Ye May 25, 2020, 3:22 p.m. UTC 
  Update the description and limitation about ice PMD according to the
product release strategy.

Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>
Acked-by: Qiming Yang <qiming.yang@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 29 +++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Comments

Ferruh Yigit May 25, 2020, 3:52 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 5/25/2020 4:22 PM, Xiaolong Ye wrote:
> Update the description and limitation about ice PMD according to the
> product release strategy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Qiming Yang <qiming.yang@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
index c5278fc757..9a9f4a6bb0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
@@ -12,33 +12,14 @@  the Intel Ethernet Controller E810.
 Prerequisites
 -------------
 
-- Identifying your adapter using `Intel Support
-  <http://www.intel.com/support>`_ and get the latest NVM/FW images.
+- The E810 is currently in sampling state only. To obtain early samples and/or get further information
+  about kernel drivers, firmware and DDP support, please speak to your Intel representative.
 
 - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
 
 - To get better performance on Intel platforms, please follow the "How to get best performance with NICs on Intel platforms"
   section of the :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>`.
 
-Recommended Matching List
--------------------------
-
-It is highly recommended to upgrade the ice kernel driver and firmware and
-DDP packages to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD. Here is the
-suggested matching list.
-
-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
-   |     DPDK version     | Kernel driver version | Firmware version | DDP OS Package | DDP COMMS Package |
-   +======================+=======================+==================+================+===================+
-   |        20.02         |        0.12.25        |     1.1.16.39    |      1.3.4     |       1.3.10      |
-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
-   |        19.11         |        0.12.25        |     1.1.16.39    |      1.3.4     |       1.3.10      |
-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
-   | 19.08 (experimental) |        0.10.1         |     1.1.12.7     |      1.2.0     |        N/A        |
-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
-   | 19.05 (experimental) |        0.9.4          |     1.1.10.16    |      1.1.0     |        N/A        |
-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
-
 Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
@@ -330,7 +311,7 @@  is stored in ``ice_adapter->active_pkg_type``.
 A symbolic link to the DDP package file is also ok. The same package
 file is used by both the kernel driver and the DPDK PMD.
 
-19.02 limitation
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+limitation
+~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Ice code released in 19.02 is for evaluation only.
+Ice code released is for evaluation only currently.