Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] mlx5: update NIC documentation on RDMA core version

2018-01-03 Thread Nélio Laranjeiro
On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 07:23:30AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 08:52:01 +0100 > Nelio Laranjeiro wrote: > > > Hi Stephen, > > > > Seems you missed an important point, MLNX_OFED is still supported with > > this driver allowing it to work on stable releases like strict deb

Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] mlx5: update NIC documentation on RDMA core version

2018-01-03 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 08:52:01 +0100 Nelio Laranjeiro wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > Seems you missed an important point, MLNX_OFED is still supported with > this driver allowing it to work on stable releases like strict debian 9 > i.e. without updating the Linux kernel. So the documentation should refl

Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] mlx5: update NIC documentation on RDMA core version

2018-01-02 Thread Nelio Laranjeiro
Hi Stephen, Seems you missed an important point, MLNX_OFED is still supported with this driver allowing it to work on stable releases like strict debian 9 i.e. without updating the Linux kernel. On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 01:44:21PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > The current driver requires v16.

[dpdk-dev] [RFC] mlx5: update NIC documentation on RDMA core version

2018-01-02 Thread Stephen Hemminger
The current driver requires v16. It will not work or build with the older version (as in Debian stable). Note: libmlx5 is rolled into rdma-core in current versions. Mlx4 probably requires similar documentation update. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 18 +