From a114e310599af5279bf0c9690961aba1ca6a71d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nelio Laranjeiro Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 09:32:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update release notes for mlx5 Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro Acked-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 37 +++-- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 202 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 230 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 571a926578..09922a08f4 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -243,17 +243,13 @@ DPDK and must be installed separately: Currently supported by DPDK: -- Mellanox OFED version: - - - ConnectX-4: **3.4-1.0.0.0** - - ConnectX-4 Lx: **3.4-1.0.0.0** - - ConnectX-5: **4.0-0.0.8.1** - +- Mellanox OFED version: **4.0-1.0.1.0** - firmware version: - - ConnectX-4: **12.17.1010** - - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.17.1010** - - ConnectX-5: **16.18.0296** + - ConnectX-4: **12.18.1000** + - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.18.1000** + - ConnectX-5: **16.18.1000** + - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.18.1000** Getting Mellanox OFED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -275,6 +271,29 @@ required from that distribution. this DPDK release was developed and tested against is strongly recommended. Please check the `prerequisites`_. +Supported NICs +-------------- + +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT (1x40G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT (1x50G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT (2x50G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX416A-BCAT (2x50G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) +* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G) + Notes for testpmd ----------------- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst index 63566ae7d8..a1375084aa 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst @@ -137,6 +137,17 @@ New Features Support for Mellanox ConnectX-5 family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters has been added to the existing mlx5 PMD. +* **Updated the mlx5 driver.** + + * Improve Tx performance by using vector logic. + * Improve RSS balancing when number of queues is not a power of two. + * Generic flow API support for Ethernet, IPv4, IPv4, UDP, TCP, VLAN and + VXLAN pattern items with DROP and QUEUE actions. + * Support for extended statistics. + * Addressed several data path bugs. + * As of MLNX_OFED 4.0-1.0.1.0, the Toeplitz RSS hash function is not + symmetric anymore for consistency with other PMDs. + * **virtio-user with vhost-kernel as another exceptional path.** Previously, we upstreamed a virtual device, virtio-user with vhost-user @@ -464,3 +475,194 @@ Tested Platforms * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 * Device ID: 15b3:1007 * Firmware version: 2.40.5030 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1019 + * Firmware version: 16.18.1000 + +#. IBM(R) Power8(R) with Mellanox(R) NICs. + + * Machine: + + * Processor: POWER8E (raw), AltiVec supported + + * type-model: 8247-22L + * Firmware FW810.21 (SV810_108) + + * OS: + + * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS PPC le + + * MLNX_OFED: 4.0-1.0.1.0 + + * NICs: + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1013 + * Firmware version: 12.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1015 + * Firmware version: 14.18.1000 + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16 + * Device ID: 15b3:1017 + * Firmware version: 16.18.1000 -- 2.20.1