.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
Copyright 2019 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
MLX5 vDPA driver
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The MLX5 vDPA (vhost data path acceleration) driver library
(**librte_pmd_mlx5_vdpa**) provides support for **Mellanox ConnectX-6**,
-**Mellanox ConnectX-6DX** and **Mellanox BlueField** families of
+**Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx** and **Mellanox BlueField** families of
10/25/40/50/100/200 Gb/s adapters as well as their virtual functions (VF) in
SR-IOV context.
Supported NICs
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-* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-6 200G MCX654106A-HCAT (4x200G)
-* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-6DX EN 100G MCX623106AN-CDAT (2*100G)
-* Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-6DX EN 200G MCX623105AN-VDAT (1*200G)
-* Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC 25G MBF1M332A-ASCAT (2*25G)
+* Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-6 200G MCX654106A-HCAT (2x200G)
+* Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-6 Dx EN 100G MCX623106AN-CDAT (2x100G)
+* Mellanox\ |reg| ConnectX\ |reg|-6 Dx EN 200G MCX623105AN-VDAT (1x200G)
+* Mellanox\ |reg| BlueField SmartNIC 25G MBF1M332A-ASCAT (2x25G)
Prerequisites
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-- Mellanox OFED version: **4.7**
+- Mellanox OFED version: **5.0**
see :doc:`../../nics/mlx5` guide for more Mellanox OFED details.
Compilation options