[ovs-dev] [PATCH v1 1/1] INSTALL.DPDK: Flag DPDK firmware requirements.

[Ian Stokes]

Add a note regarding required firmware versions for network interfaces
used with DPDK as well as a link to the list of validated versions for
DPDK 16.04.

Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes at intel.com>
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 INSTALL.DPDK.md |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK.md b/INSTALL.DPDK.md
index 00e75bd..3b93351 100644
--- a/INSTALL.DPDK.md
+++ b/INSTALL.DPDK.md
@@ -1017,6 +1017,18 @@ Restrictions:
     increased to the desired number of queues. Both DPDK and OVS must be
     recompiled for this change to take effect.
 
+  Network Interface Firmware requirements:
+  - Each release of DPDK is validated against a specific firmware version for
+    a supported Network Interface. New firmware versions introduce bug fixes,
+    performance improvements and new functionality that DPDK leverages. The
+    validated firmware versions are available as part of the release notes for
+    DPDK. It is recommended that users update Network Interface firmware to
+    match what has been validated for the DPDK release.
+
+    For DPDK 16.04, the list of validated firmware versions can be found at:
+
+    http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.html
+
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