From 3730c188e91f05454c0b382c1843c3cc92e5b445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nelio Laranjeiro Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 09:32:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update release notes for mlx4 Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro Acked-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst | 9 +++++-- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst index 49f4626376..9a2e9736fe 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst @@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ DPDK and must be installed separately: Currently supported by DPDK: -- Mellanox OFED **3.1**. -- Firmware version **2.35.5100** and higher. +- Mellanox OFED **4.0-1.0.1.0**. +- Firmware version **2.40.5030**. - Supported architectures: **x86_64** and **POWER8**. Getting Mellanox OFED @@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ 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)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2*40G) + Usage example ------------- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst index dc46e36929..63566ae7d8 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst @@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ New Features A new network PMD which supports Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx family of 10/40 Gbps adapters has been added. +* **Updated the mlx4 driver.** + + * Addressed a few bugs. + * **Added support for Mellanox ConnectX-5 adapters (mlx5).** Support for Mellanox ConnectX-5 family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters @@ -429,3 +433,34 @@ Tested Platforms This section is a comment. do not overwrite or remove it. Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= + +#. Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs. + + * Platform details. + + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz + * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz + + * OS: + + * CentOS 7.0 + * Fedora 23 + * Fedora 24 + * FreeBSD 10.3 + * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 + * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12 + * Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + * Ubuntu 15.10 + * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS + * Wind River Linux 8 + + * MLNX_OFED: 4.0-1.0.1.0 + + * NICs: + + * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G) + + * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 + * Device ID: 15b3:1007 + * Firmware version: 2.40.5030 -- 2.20.1