Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update for ice

[Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>]

On 05/20, Xiaolong Ye wrote:
>Update the description and limitation about ice PMD according to the
>product release strategy.
>
>Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>
>---
> doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 29 +++++------------------------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
>index c5278fc757..b698790440 100644
>--- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
>+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
>@@ -12,33 +12,14 @@ the Intel Ethernet Controller E810.
> Prerequisites
> -------------
> 
>-- Identifying your adapter using `Intel Support
>-  <http://www.intel.com/support>`_ and get the latest NVM/FW images.
>+- The E810 B0 is currently in sampling state only. To obtain early samples and/or get further information
>+  about kernel drivers, firmware and DDP support, please speak to your Intel representative.
> 
> - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
> 
> - To get better performance on Intel platforms, please follow the "How to get best performance with NICs on Intel platforms"
>   section of the :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>`.
> 
>-Recommended Matching List
>--------------------------
>-
>-It is highly recommended to upgrade the ice kernel driver and firmware and
>-DDP packages to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD. Here is the
>-suggested matching list.
>-
>-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
>-   |     DPDK version     | Kernel driver version | Firmware version | DDP OS Package | DDP COMMS Package |
>-   +======================+=======================+==================+================+===================+
>-   |        20.02         |        0.12.25        |     1.1.16.39    |      1.3.4     |       1.3.10      |
>-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
>-   |        19.11         |        0.12.25        |     1.1.16.39    |      1.3.4     |       1.3.10      |
>-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
>-   | 19.08 (experimental) |        0.10.1         |     1.1.12.7     |      1.2.0     |        N/A        |
>-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
>-   | 19.05 (experimental) |        0.9.4          |     1.1.10.16    |      1.1.0     |        N/A        |
>-   +----------------------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------------+
>-
> Pre-Installation Configuration
> ------------------------------
> 
>@@ -330,7 +311,7 @@ is stored in ``ice_adapter->active_pkg_type``.
> A symbolic link to the DDP package file is also ok. The same package
> file is used by both the kernel driver and the DPDK PMD.
> 
>-19.02 limitation
>-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>+limitation
>+~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>-Ice code released in 19.02 is for evaluation only.
>+Ice code released is for evaluation only before E810 C0 is released.
>-- 
>2.17.1
>

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel with qiming's ack, Thanks.