From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?N=E9lio?= Laranjeiro Subject: Re: [RFC] mlx5: update NIC documentation on RDMA core version Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 08:54:54 +0100 Message-ID: <20180104075454.kegvl2lb76f2q7go@shalom> References: <20180102214421.22707-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20180103075201.kxlaxnngpx2ngaf4@laranjeiro-vm.dev.6wind.com> <20180103072330.2f0d4d48@xeon-e3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Stephen Hemminger To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f196.google.com (mail-wr0-f196.google.com [209.85.128.196]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E288C1B023 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 08:53:53 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wr0-f196.google.com with SMTP id o101so700745wrb.6 for ; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:53:53 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180103072330.2f0d4d48@xeon-e3> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 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 debian 9 > > i.e. without updating the Linux kernel. > > So the documentation should reflect the two possibilities more clearly. > > OFED version > ?? > or RDMA core version >= 16 > > The current documentation is unclear and doesn't help the users. It is explained in the section "21.5.1. Installation" [1] of the mlx5 documentation. I am not against modifying the documentation to make it more clearer, but we need to keep both information MLNX_OFED with un-modified distributions or Linux Kernel upstream with RDMA-Core for those who have modified their Linux Kernel. Thanks, [1] http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.html#installation -- Nélio Laranjeiro 6WIND