[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: update mlx5 statistics query

[Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>]

Update the guide with more details on the different statistics query
possible with MLX5 PMD.

Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index f9558da89..154db64d7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 - Inner RSS for VXLAN frames is not supported yet.
-- Port statistics through software counters only. Flow statistics are
-  supported by hardware counters.
 - Hardware checksum RX offloads for VXLAN inner header are not supported yet.
 - Forked secondary process not supported.
 - Flow pattern without any specific vlan will match for vlan packets as well:
@@ -134,6 +132,17 @@ Limitations
   to 0 are not supported.
 - VXLAN TSO and checksum offloads are not supported on VM.
 
+Statistics
+----------
+
+MLX5 supports various of methods to report statistics:
+
+Port statistics can be queried using ``rte_eth_stats_get()``. The port statistics are through SW only and counts the number of packets received or sent successfully by the PMD.
+
+Extended statistics can be queried using ``rte_eth_xstats_get()``. The extended statistics expose a wider set of counters counted by the device. The extended port statistics counts the number of packets received or sent successfully by the port. As Mellanox NICs are using the :ref:`Bifurcated Linux Driver <linux_gsg_linux_drivers>` those counters counts also packet received or sent by the Linux kernel. The counters with ``_phy`` suffix counts the total events on the physical port, therefore not valid for VF.
+
+Finally per-flow statistics can by queried using ``rte_flow_query`` when attaching a count action for specific flow. The flow counter counts the number of packets received successfully by the port and match the specific flow.
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 
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2.12.0