[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 17/17] doc: update mlx5 documentation

[Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>]

Add new features related to Mellanox OFED 3.1 support.

Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
---
 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