From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com (mail-wi0-f170.google.com [209.85.212.170]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38A939573 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2015 19:55:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: by wiclk2 with SMTP id lk2so126028709wic.1 for ; Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:55:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references; bh=85kWICVwH6sJLqAL+GHVQ3vOhU0nmaH4rn6y/x9RE4E=; b=CAAcPiglQ3RKK4c1uSk+8+tVQyOJ37MCOxWyby5Z767NmQKllCi//BweFCZAJ1LrdX 1hlNjlOZOvDlDdnu2/wzfWcx7hdBzIoYzhPWH3wOf+TvZnNBIoRFje2y5x0isX/sgFf+ colpDV0fuBdqDytBwaRIWuY2dyHWfknABm7M070pXnQUSBLW3dM6rK0jSk4w329pT4qI DCIPlLoaAzy2M5IzayKgpXySYgSaWcFYO8jopBie6cLe6EhNnNR2lhzIyFwuY2ybdHSd DbGu0Z2WaonYJZPrm5GTyXVb7uDEFM9IRgpk9UHpW+L+5XCtxkmO+OWACR1Z9pJeWMTX pczg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlt4pR8NPSYWjH5MlqyZcv2OPkW74MPX/VXu8JMLmlmLeWA1kG1UsXGu0gmrx8kw3qEF5iA X-Received: by 10.194.117.164 with SMTP id kf4mr31792041wjb.9.1444067751077; Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:55:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 6wind.com (guy78-3-82-239-227-177.fbx.proxad.net. [82.239.227.177]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id hx4sm28075719wjb.31.2015.10.05.10.55.50 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:55:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Adrien Mazarguil To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 19:54:52 +0200 Message-Id: <1444067692-29645-18-git-send-email-adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.0 In-Reply-To: <1444067692-29645-1-git-send-email-adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> References: <1444067692-29645-1-git-send-email-adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 17/17] doc: update mlx5 documentation X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 17:55:51 -0000 Add new features related to Mellanox OFED 3.1 support. Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil --- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.1.0