[PATCH 17/17] doc: update mlx5 documentation
From: Adrien Mazarguil <hidden>
Date: 2015-10-05 17:55:51
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Add new features related to Mellanox OFED 3.1 support. Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <redacted> --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index fdb621c..2d68914 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst@@ -73,6 +73,25 @@ long as they share the same MAC address. Enabling librte_pmd_mlx5 causes DPDK applications to be linked against libibverbs. +Features +-------- + +- Multiple TX and RX queues. +- Support for scattered TX and RX frames. +- IPv4, TCPv4 and UDPv4 RSS on any number of queues. +- Several RSS hash keys, one for each flow type. +- Support for multiple MAC addresses. +- VLAN filtering. +- Promiscuous mode. + +Limitations +----------- + +- IPv6 and inner VXLAN RSS are not supported yet. +- Port statistics through software counters only. +- No allmulticast mode. +- Hardware checksum offloads are not supported yet. + Configuration -------------
@@ -171,6 +190,13 @@ DPDK and must be installed separately: Both libraries are BSD and GPL licensed. Linux kernel modules are GPL licensed. +Currently supported by DPDK: + +- Mellanox OFED **3.1**. +- Minimum firmware version: + - ConnectX-4: **12.12.0780**. + - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.12.0780**. + Getting Mellanox OFED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2.1.0