From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD0B646B86; Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:50:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699494021E; Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:50:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pl1-f181.google.com (mail-pl1-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B72FA4013F for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:50:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pl1-f181.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-23649faf69fso51453725ad.0 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:50:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=uetpeshawar-edu-pk.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1752652229; x=1753257029; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:date:subject:cc:to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=VGPTlYAr4OrMW03FAay0EhwbZBJQ7d+rXSVeTpNymAs=; b=ycoDOEnYJMjcNk5p4m+JSnIkbGbXQnwyPW/SqfBjmA248YxGW+8PSuD2pTP8zdNc05 8tJej9CrnrIWBlKsce+7D/ihtufD8L70cVdiAdLn/jm8tjjoPnl36Y/8IlwxfPqzOCse 0y4lwRnRf3QMawUOXAQMW8Pf9JgqhicavMlFLuipUe54Phba+AjwUS4AML/7nPd7CUEs g26LyI2QQbUCeoIzSARgTEMqrcW9z4A+uLlwQCuOZnwJ4b2Y+O6MDylvlDzhiNkvYAs+ mG5dxX6CWFnkblkfZfVq2LnuStZnok5ZE3TcrLDQBpMOjnppN2ckcwy6YRZQpMCroVNk sBFw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1752652229; x=1753257029; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:date:subject:cc:to:from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=VGPTlYAr4OrMW03FAay0EhwbZBJQ7d+rXSVeTpNymAs=; b=BLgUybVNqmHJxitXrDI6pExn4CWoYX6K+eqWGQxOIHW9N1fFEjXNojsv58UnBf705U 6RJfmw8GVnZ14caGQL/w6pRc/tBFuxC24pqDa2FPPzY2P2VsP8YDejUIee9YbN5WTUZ6 DPVAvLszVUrTKpF8TpFx+ENKKk/NvQY6qqwVKrf6O4c/n7xr4do7HqgnZShb8Qvv7Cd8 PsY4TatH0f6HXVWpXAvStm9yJzBXLq6TCJ3MnBWTDeXclbygttykAn5XemvYPLJrAop3 zcIogPgFG8r5MBbC1ovVPHlSblwtNxFBsqENg1VgPef0hids2fc6qTbvuv1YcEN5OekB TGHQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyMQN+JlDnhEG+aI4LBN4xsK2yddgr2Kq5YeFdozITy13xYxIVv Qzniyi1lUn4DohwgbKRtQitMK6svNKeu1qlcaUul9Ic8NyrGoVXGXx0xk5HU4GTDLsg= X-Gm-Gg: ASbGnctsCEmUVjWRvKLtWuwJZJh9fAUXB76L8vstaAvK1e7tNiLd/5hY0UBYvafui85 hcASdS0cAwobd1fJEOc5ntXvVmy8+L4q4re2usiXbF+stPdDmKInSA9GmF9XYxMCiWs06u6IcxV 3YFRamM90CuvyYJjsmkbglx/9r2ZpY4A1X2PhJkqQq8vq1qMDZjAOcm3xubqw+uCtBtWe/k45kZ wo1fdhjK1CFU0FYiasu4mmR7DtJ0MbmJ/ex0NDb8ERsXWaT25XpurfKvVjKOJURpDyDWe2GTOwI NT/ZcDDj66fKnOFi+U6paIM+d/LgBTkarw3tSuO123cglYJbG40rv8ZDsoMvu8jZ/K5ZK3Aff6C CUHPU+yJOR5OMHBLjxP5+cne4GszAULrBuY5MqgPSfBiK0gZg X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFBCtqYlP/1dsKFbZ55XThxxvTBx6Wl4gNpONs58o5y7ymXZp/tC4CtD3v+m45b7G23WvqhqQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:ccce:b0:235:f143:9b07 with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-23e25684c62mr29018115ad.5.1752652228789; Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:50:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([64.62.143.197]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-23de4322af6sm120618755ad.90.2025.07.16.00.50.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:50:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk> To: dsosnowski@nvidia.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, rasland@nvidia.com, stable@dpdk.org, viacheslavo@nvidia.com, bingz@nvidia.com, orika@nvidia.com, suanmingm@nvidia.com, matan@nvidia.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc/mlx5: document firmware requirement for flex item Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:49:40 -0400 Message-ID: <20250716075013.3539970-1-14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 In-Reply-To: <20250715125249.hwrzd4aasfjhhyxa@ds-vm-debian.local> References: <20250715125249.hwrzd4aasfjhhyxa@ds-vm-debian.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Hi Dariusz, Thanks for the follow-up. I was using DPDK v23.11 with the following flex item configuration: { "next_header": { "field_mode": "FIELD_MODE_FIXED", "field_size": 0, "field_base": 0 }, "next_protocol": { "field_mode": "FIELD_MODE_FIXED", "field_size": 8, "field_base": 72 }, "sample_data": [ { "field_mode": "FIELD_MODE_FIXED", "field_size": 32, "field_base": 0 }, { "field_mode": "FIELD_MODE_FIXED", "field_size": 32, "field_base": 32 }, { "field_mode": "FIELD_MODE_FIXED", "field_size": 32, "field_base": 64 }, { "field_mode": "FIELD_MODE_FIXED", "field_size": 32, "field_base": 96 } ], "input_link": [ { "item": "eth type is 0x08802" } ], "output_link": [ { "item": "udp", "next": 17 }, { "item": "tcp", "next": 6 } ] } With firmware version 24.30.1004 (MT_0000000704), the following error was produced: port-0: flex item #3 creation failed: unsupported header length field mode (FIXED) After upgrading to firmware version 24.38.1002, the same configuration succeeded. Example flow after upgrade: testpmd> flow flex_item pattern 2 spec 45000000000000000000000001020304 mask FF0000000000000000000000FFFFFFFF created pattern #2 testpmd> flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 / udp / flex item is 3 pattern is 2 / end actions mark id 1 / queue index 0 / end Flow rule #0 created It appears this issue was resolved at the firmware level. Best regards, Khadem Ullah