On 1/26/2021 11:03 PM, Pallavi Kadam wrote:
Add documentation to support i40e PMD on Windows.
Update the release notes and features list for the same.
v2 changes:
- updated doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini file
- Replaced the name UIO with NetUIO
Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.ka...@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.me...@intel.com>
<...>
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ Prerequisites
* In all cases Intel recommends using Intel Ethernet Optics; other
modules
may function but are not validated by Intel. Contact Intel for
supported media types.
+Windows Prerequisites
+---------------------
+
+- Follow the DPDK `Getting Started Guide for Windows
<https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/windows_gsg/index.html>`_ to setup the basic DPDK
environment.
+
+- Identify the Intel® Ethernet adapter and get the latest NVM/FW version.
+
+- To access any Intel® Ethernet hardware, load the NetUIO driver in place of
existing built-in (inbox) driver.
+
+- To load NetUIO driver, follow the steps mentioned in `dpdk-kmods repository
+
<https://browse.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/commit/?id=e28aabd882798f21b94918d4517621ce9e355269>`_.
Is the intention to reference the 'README.rst'? If so better to provide link for
the documentation, instead of a specific commit, like:
https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/tree/windows/README.rst
And for long term, I guess we need a way to host 'dpdk-kmods' repo
documentation.
