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authorChristian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>2017-05-16 14:51:32 +0200
committerChristian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>2017-05-16 16:20:45 +0200
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Imported Upstream version 17.05
Change-Id: Id1e419c5a214e4a18739663b91f0f9a549f1fdc6 Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
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@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ Run-time configuration
- **ethtool** operations on related kernel interfaces also affect the PMD.
+- ``port`` parameter [int]
+
+ This parameter provides a physical port to probe and can be specified multiple
+ times for additional ports. All ports are probed by default if left
+ unspecified.
+
Kernel module parameters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -238,8 +244,8 @@ DPDK and must be installed separately:
Currently supported by DPDK:
-- Mellanox OFED **3.1**.
-- Firmware version **2.35.5100** and higher.
+- Mellanox OFED **4.0-2.0.0.0**.
+- Firmware version **2.40.7000**.
- Supported architectures: **x86_64** and **POWER8**.
Getting Mellanox OFED
@@ -262,6 +268,11 @@ 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
-------------
@@ -338,7 +349,7 @@ devices managed by librte_pmd_mlx4.
.. code-block:: console
- testpmd -c 0xff00 -n 4 -w 0000:83:00.0 -w 0000:84:00.0 -- --rxq=2 --txq=2 -i
+ testpmd -l 8-15 -n 4 -w 0000:83:00.0 -w 0000:84:00.0 -- --rxq=2 --txq=2 -i
Example output: