From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7458FF4936 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:28:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA3B40269; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:28:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.10]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB786400D6 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:28:46 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1774841327; x=1806377327; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding; bh=uksw4MB4GeDY4mankZuGh7WEeJDj8C7SdDiZXEeuOk4=; b=idPm/aMjWD4TB5CqU98m7gPRzUPaZKNgVMuAPblvQJc8SNoTUv/J06IJ L6VqR2vzG+VOzvBJTT3b3l0yY6rozXpeXoF0uvAfDLmibDfZwl3VAW6QI Ry7h29ghcvytvlA5JSqzTtpRtBY8Xb4bSP88jXAGuEUBqq/EuIJrJ22is F2U2LhzOkQpdFQaUv2Xb4wAcHQOB8FYkwvaloP05DRw3E72lbJ3L1Wpwz wpi7OCRsDXKNKj+DIrmN4NGqbln6tPGeHoybAtzgW2DwEDd/Tcst5v9bG QxYUB7wEOJLqbftbqgiNVk0McBOmNC5mhDroFxIb0wYA06oMAPsreyg2Q A==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: FPOGZpC+Rx+An1v03eZBsA== X-CSE-MsgGUID: J1CtzaWaSIO8IXuaO+/5Gw== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11743"; a="87214927" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,149,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="87214927" Received: from fmviesa001.fm.intel.com ([10.60.135.141]) by fmvoesa104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 29 Mar 2026 20:28:45 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: iPz0lxm5SieeCWDPZ0hz3Q== X-CSE-MsgGUID: 5NO4ICGySNyGSwA2THzsFQ== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,149,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="249123661" Received: from unknown (HELO tester12..) ([10.239.252.12]) by smtpauth.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 29 Mar 2026 20:28:44 -0700 From: hailinxx To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: bruce.richardson@intel.com, rajesh.t.puttaswamy@intel.com, hailinxx Subject: [PATCH v2] net/ixgbe: updated ixgbe recommended matching list Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:45:18 +0000 Message-Id: <20260330024518.713013-1-hailinx.xu@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: hailinxx --- doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst index 34e6dd361c..ea241927f6 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst @@ -54,6 +54,25 @@ They are transparently registered at runtime RX/TX execution if all condition ch Some constraints apply as pre-conditions for specific optimizations on bulk packet transfers. The following sections explain RX and TX constraints in the vPMD. +Kernel driver, DDP and Firmware Matching List +--------------------------------------------- +It is highly recommended to upgrade the ixgbe kernel driver and ++firmware to avoid the compatibility issues with i40e PMD. +The table below shows a summary of the DPDK versions with +corresponding out-of-tree Linux kernel drivers and firmware. +The full list of in-tree and out-of-tree Linux kernel drivers from +kernel.org and Linux distributions that were tested and verified ++are listed in the Tested Platforms section of the Release Notes for each release. + ++--------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+ +| DPDK version | Kernel driver version | E610 FW version | X550 FW version | ++==============+=======================+=================+=================+ +| 25.11 | 6.2.5 | 1.30 | | ++--------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+ +| 26.03 | 6.3.4 | 1.41 | 3.70 | ++--------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+ + + RX Constraints ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.34.1