Please note that Firmware requirements information is also captured in Refactored install guide v8. http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2016-July/074373.html http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2016-July/074374.html
Regards, Bhanu Prakash. >-----Original Message----- >From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@openvswitch.org] On Behalf Of Ian Stokes >Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 3:46 PM >To: dev@openvswitch.org >Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v1 1/1] INSTALL.DPDK: Flag DPDK firmware >requirements. > >Add a note regarding required firmware versions for network interfaces used >with DPDK as well as a link to the list of validated versions for DPDK 16.04. > >Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.sto...@intel.com> >--- > INSTALL.DPDK.md | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > >diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK.md b/INSTALL.DPDK.md index 00e75bd..3b93351 >100644 >--- a/INSTALL.DPDK.md >+++ b/INSTALL.DPDK.md >@@ -1017,6 +1017,18 @@ Restrictions: > increased to the desired number of queues. Both DPDK and OVS must be > recompiled for this change to take effect. > >+ Network Interface Firmware requirements: >+ - Each release of DPDK is validated against a specific firmware version for >+ a supported Network Interface. New firmware versions introduce bug >fixes, >+ performance improvements and new functionality that DPDK leverages. >The >+ validated firmware versions are available as part of the release notes for >+ DPDK. It is recommended that users update Network Interface firmware >to >+ match what has been validated for the DPDK release. >+ >+ For DPDK 16.04, the list of validated firmware versions can be found at: >+ >+ http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.html >+ > Bug Reporting: > -------------- > >-- >1.7.4.1 > >_______________________________________________ >dev mailing list >dev@openvswitch.org >http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
