Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update ice matching list

["Zhang, Qi Z" <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:55 AM
> To: Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; Yang, Qiming
> <qiming.yang@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; stable@dpdk.org; Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>;
> Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: update ice matching list
> 
> On 3/8/2021 4:34 AM, Qi Zhang wrote:
> > Updated ice recommended matching list for DPDK 21.02.
> > and also fixed matching kernel driver version for DPDK 20.11.
> >
> > Fixes: e89aebf3b597 ("doc: update ice user guide")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
> > ---
> >   doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 12 +++++++-----
> >   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst index
> > ccda26f82f..10a555c192 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
> > @@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD.
> >   Here is the suggested matching list which has been tested and verified.
> >   The detailed information can refer to chapter Tested Platforms/Tested
> NICs in release notes.
> >
> > -   +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+-----------+
> > -   |    DPDK   | Kernel Driver | OS Default DDP  | COMMS DDP |
> Firmware  |
> > -
> +===========+===============+=================+===========+=====
> ======+
> > -   |    20.11  |     1.3.0     |      1.3.20     |  1.3.24   |
> 2.3    |
> > -   +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+-----------+
> > +   +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+
> > +   |    DPDK   | Kernel Driver | OS Default DDP  | COMMS DDP |
> Wireless DDP | Firmware  |
> > +
> +===========+===============+=================+===========+=====
> =========+===========+
> > +   |    20.11  |     1.3.2     |      1.3.20     |  1.3.24   |
> N/A     |    2.3    |
> > +   +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+
> > +   |    21.02  |     1.4.11    |      1.3.24     |  1.3.28   |
> 1.3.4     |    2.4    |
> > +
> > + +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+---------
> > + -----+-----------+
> >
> >   Pre-Installation Configuration
> >   ------------------------------
> >
> 
> Hi Qi,
> 
> I guess you want this to be backported to the 20.11, since it is changing kernel
> driver version for 20.11.
> 
> Not sure if the patch can be backported with 21.02 part, perhaps patch needs
> to be split into two patches (20.11 update & 21.02 addition), cc'ing Luca &
> Christian for comment.

You are right, it's better to separate for easy backport,  will capture this in v2, thanks