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authorHanoh Haim <hhaim@cisco.com>2017-03-05 14:41:20 +0200
committerHanoh Haim <hhaim@cisco.com>2017-03-05 14:41:44 +0200
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doc / mlx5 change to Ethernet mode
Signed-off-by: Hanoh Haim <hhaim@cisco.com>
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diff --git a/doc/release_notes.asciidoc b/doc/release_notes.asciidoc
index 80d8ec05..1ec3eaba 100755
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@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ ifdef::backend-docbook[]
endif::backend-docbook[]
+== Release 2.20 ==
+
+* hotfix release add mlx-dpdk share objects to the package
+
== Release 2.19 ==
* mlx5 dpdk driver works only with OFED 4.0 (OFED 3.4 will not be supported)
diff --git a/doc/trex_book.asciidoc b/doc/trex_book.asciidoc
index e00b5064..49e0ce15 100755
--- a/doc/trex_book.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/trex_book.asciidoc
@@ -2783,6 +2783,27 @@ There is a task to automate the production of thess reports
* Before running TRex make sure the commands `ibv_devinfo` and `ibdev2netdev` present the NICS
* `ifconfig` should work too, you need to be able to ping from those ports
* run TRex server with '-v 7' for example `$sudo ./t-rex-64 -i -v 7`
+* In case the link_layer is not set to *Ethernet* you should run this command
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+$sudo mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/mt4115_pciconf0 set LINK_TYPE_P1=2 LINK_TYPE_P2=2
+$sudo mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/mt4115_pciconf1 set LINK_TYPE_P1=2 LINK_TYPE_P2=2
+----
+
+see link:https://community.mellanox.com/docs/DOC-2294[ConnectX-4 getting Started]
+
+* It is possible to change the link speed (e.g. 50Gb/40Gb/25Gb) see link:https://community.mellanox.com/docs/DOC-2334[change speed]
+
+for example to change to 50Gb speed
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+$sudo ethtool -s enp135s0f1 speed 50000 autoneg off
+----
+
+
+
==== Limitations/Issues
diff --git a/doc/visio_drawings/illustrations_stateless.vsd b/doc/visio_drawings/illustrations_stateless.vsd
index ba90ba2f..e28f7892 100755
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