[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/8] doc: update GENEVE TLV option support
From: Shiri Kuzin <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-05 17:55:23
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
GENEVE TLV option support added to mlx5 PMD. The limitations and support were updated in documentation. Signed-off-by: Shiri Kuzin <redacted> --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 18 +++++++++++++++++- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 3bda0f8417..9700fe5057 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Features - Hardware LRO. - Hairpin. - Multiple-thread flow insertion. +- Matching on Geneve TLV option header with raw encap/decap action. Limitations -----------
@@ -175,7 +176,18 @@ Limitations - OAM - protocol type - options length - Currently, the only supported options length value is 0. + +- Match on Geneve TLv option is supported on the following fields: + - Class + - Type + - Length + - Data + + Only one Class/Type/Length Geneve TLV option is supported per shared device. + Class/Type/Length fields must be specified as well as masks. + Class/Type/Length specified masks must be full. + Matching Geneve TLV option without specifying data is not supported. + Matching Geneve TLV option with data & mask == 0 is not supported. - VF: flow rules created on VF devices can only match traffic targeted at the configured MAC addresses (see ``rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add()``).
@@ -1022,6 +1034,10 @@ Below are some firmware configurations listed. or FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=1 +- enable Geneve TLV option flow matching:: + + FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0 + - enable GTP flow matching:: FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=3
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
index 638f98168b..2fb5bf9c38 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ======================================================= +* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.** + + Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including: + + * **Added GENEVE TLV option in rte_flow.** + + Added support for matching GENEVE TLV option and raw encap/decap of GENEVE + TLV option. Removed Items -------------
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