dpdk/0345-doc-unify-sections-of-networking-drivers-guide.patch

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From 2bf5b0a8dfa64f336bd59aa807e5d576612627e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 23:59:09 +0000
Subject: doc: unify sections of networking drivers guide
[ upstream commit b583b9a1bb49e86aa0937d55415713282000c536 ]
- Move supported device to the top
- Move supported features up
- Move limitations down
- Rename configuration sections
- Fix section indentation
- Remove empty sections
- Remove contact info as this is duplication of maintainers file
This patch just fix hns3 PMD because others PMDs are very
conflicting.
Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
Acked-by: Hyong Youb Kim <hyonkim@cisco.com>
Acked-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Dongdong Liu <liudongdong3@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
Acked-by: Simei Su <simei.su@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Rosen Xu <rosen.xu@intel.com>
Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Liron Himi <lironh@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
Acked-by: Sachin Saxena <sachin.saxena@nxp.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst b/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst
index 791c9cc2ed..5373ec5a8f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst
@@ -47,11 +47,21 @@ Prerequisites
- Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to
setup the basic DPDK environment.
+Link status event Pre-conditions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Pre-Installation Configuration
-------------------------------
+Firmware 1.8.0.0 and later versions support reporting link changes to the PF.
+Therefore, to use the LSC for the PF driver, ensure that the firmware version
+also supports reporting link changes.
+If the VF driver needs to support LSC, special patch must be added:
+`<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3?h=next-20210428&id=18b6e31f8bf4ac7af7b057228f38a5a530378e4e>`_.
+Note: The patch has been uploaded to 5.13 of the Linux kernel mainline.
+
+
+Configuration
+-------------
-Config File Options
+Compilation Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following options can be modified in the ``config/rte_config.h`` file.
@@ -60,8 +70,8 @@ The following options can be modified in the ``config/rte_config.h`` file.
Number of MAX queues reserved for PF.
-Runtime Config Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Runtime Configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ``rx_func_hint`` (default ``none``)
@@ -130,16 +140,6 @@ Runtime Config Options
For example::
-a 0000:7d:00.0,mbx_time_limit_ms=600
-Link status event Pre-conditions
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Firmware 1.8.0.0 and later versions support reporting link changes to the PF.
-Therefore, to use the LSC for the PF driver, ensure that the firmware version
-also supports reporting link changes.
-If the VF driver needs to support LSC, special patch must be added:
-`<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3?h=next-20210428&id=18b6e31f8bf4ac7af7b057228f38a5a530378e4e>`_.
-Note: The patch has been uploaded to 5.13 of the Linux kernel mainline.
-
Driver compilation and testing
------------------------------
--
2.23.0