31/07/2019 10:02, Rasesh Mody: > Add and update co-existence considerations for qede PMD > > Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rm...@marvell.com> > --- > doc/guides/nics/qede.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > +- Linux kernel drivers and qede PMD can’t be mixed on a given FastLinQ > + QL4xxx adapter. This type of coexistence is unsupported. A given > + adapter needs to be completely used by DPDK or Linux drivers, when > + SR-IOV is not enabled. Before binging DPDK driver to one or more > + devices on the adapter, please make sure to unbind Linux drivers from > + all devices of the adapter. If there are multiple adapters on the > + system, one or more adapter can be used by DPDK driver and other > + adapters can be used by Linux drivers. > + > +- When SR-IOV is enabled, Linux native kernel driver (qede) can be bound > + to the PFs of a given adapter and either DPDK or Linux drivers can be > + bound to the VFs of the adapter.
This part is not specific to qede, but related to UIO/VFIO behaviour. I think we already have this kind of explanation in the Linux guide. If not, please update it and add a reference link from here. Thanks
