Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: introduce networking driver matrix

[Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com>]

Hi Thomas,

Got a couple of questions on how to mark some of the features for CXGBE
below.

On Wednesday, January 01/27/16, 2016 at 21:07:09 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> In order to better compare the drivers and check what is missing
> for a common baseline, we need to fill a matrix.
> 
> A CSS trick is used to fit the HTML page.
> The PDF output needs some LaTeX wizardry.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
> ---
> v2: add vector PMDs
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/index.rst    |   1 +
>  doc/guides/nics/overview.rst | 147 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 148 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/overview.rst
> 

[...]

> +
> +   ==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> +   Feature              a b b b c e e i i i i i i i i i i f f m m m n n p r s v v v x
> +                        f n n o x 1 n 4 4 4 4 g g x x x x m m l l p f u c i z i i m e
> +                        p x x n g 0 i 0 0 0 0 b b g g g g 1 1 x x i p l a n e r r x n
> +                        a 2 2 d b 0 c e e e e   v b b b b 0 0 4 5 p   l p g d t t n v
> +                        c x x i e 0     . v v   f e e e e k k     e         a i i e i
> +                        k   v n         . f f       . v v   .               t o o t r
> +                        e   f g         .   .       . f f   .               a   . 3 t
> +                        t               v   v       v   v   v               2   v
> +                                        e   e       e   e   e                   e
> +                                        c   c       c   c   c                   c
> +   ==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> +   link status
> +   link status event
> +   Rx interrupt
> +   queue start/stop
> +   MTU update
> +   jumbo frame
> +   scattered Rx

[...]

> +   VLAN filter
> +   ethertype filter
> +   n-tuple filter
> +   SYN filter
> +   tunnel filter
> +   flexible filter
> +   hash filter
> +   flow director

It is possible to set some of the above filters via our cxgbe flow
director. Do we mark these filter features as supported?

[...]

> +   packet type parsing

Is this the same as the driver's ability to fill the mbuf->packet_type
field?

Thanks,
Rahul