Add list of tested and validated NICs too.
Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro
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doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst | 136 ++---
1 file changed, 110 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ New Features
The GCC 4.9 ``-march`` option supports the Intel processor code names.
The config option ``RTE_MACHINE`` can be used to pass code names to the
compiler as ``-march`` flag.
+* **Updated the mlx5 driver.**
+
+ The following changes were made to mlx5:
+
+ * Add support for RSS hash result
+ * Several performance improvements
+ * Several bug fixes
Resolved Issues
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@@ -265,47 +272,124 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were
incremented in this version.
Tested Platforms
-.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested with this
release.
+#. Intel(R) Server board S2600WTT
- The format is:
+ - Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
- #. Platform name.
+#. Intel(R) Server
- * Platform details.
- * Platform details.
+ - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
- This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+#. Intel(R) Server
+
+ - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
+#. IBM(R) Power8(R)
+
+ - Machine type-model: 8247-22L
+ - Firmware FW810.21 (SV810_108)
+ - Processor: POWER8E (raw), AltiVec supported
Tested NICs
---
-.. This section should contain a list of NICs that were tested with this
release.
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
- The format is:
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
- #. NIC name.
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
- * NIC details.
- * NIC details.
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
- This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
-Tested OSes
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
-.. This section should contain a list of OSes that were tested with this
release.
- The format is as follows, in alphabetical order:
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
- * CentOS 7.0
- * Fedora 23
- * Fedora 24
- * FreeBSD 10.3
- * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
- * SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
- * Ubuntu 15.10
- * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- * Wind River Linux 8
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
- This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 12.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 14.17.1010
+
+#. Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+ * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+ * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+ * MLNX_OFED: 3.4-1.0.0.0
+ * Firmware version: 14.17.1010
+
+Tested OSes
+---
+
+ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.7 (Santiago)
+ *