From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mellanox.co.il (mail-il-dmz.mellanox.com [193.47.165.129]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 207231D7 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:32:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from Internal Mail-Server by MTLPINE1 (envelope-from dekelp@mellanox.com) with ESMTPS (AES256-SHA encrypted); 12 Nov 2018 13:37:53 +0200 Received: from mtl-vdi-280.wap.labs.mlnx. (mtl-vdi-280.wap.labs.mlnx [10.128.130.87]) by labmailer.mlnx (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id wACBWLvs022400; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:32:21 +0200 From: Dekel Peled To: yskoh@mellanox.com, shahafs@mellanox.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, orika@mellanox.com Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:31:06 +0200 Message-Id: <1542022266-16518-1-git-send-email-dekelp@mellanox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.1 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document IPv6 multicast limitation on VM X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 11:32:26 -0000 This patch adds limitation notice for MLX5 PMD. IPv6 multicast messages are not received on VM when promiscuous and allmulticast modes are off, due to netlink restriction. Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 6ab7d8e..3610e00 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ Limitations enabled (``rxq_cqe_comp_en``) at the same time, RSS hash result is not fully supported. Some Rx packets may not have PKT_RX_RSS_HASH. +- IPv6 Multicast messages are not supported on VM, while promiscuous mode + and allmulticast mode are both set to off. + To receive IPv6 Multicast messages on VM, explicitly set the relevant + MAC address using rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add() API. + Statistics ---------- -- 1.8.3.1