[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update bnxt PMD guide

[Lance Richardson <lance.richardson@broadcom.com>]

- Include list of supported adapters.
- Include list of supported features.
- Document requirements for vector mode PMD.
- Remove obsolete limitation (scatter rx has been supported for
  some time).
- Fixed broken links.

Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Lance Richardson <lance.richardson@broadcom.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst | 140 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 120 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
index d88e02116..434ba9d6c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
@@ -1,20 +1,126 @@
 ..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-    Copyright 2016-2018 Broadcom
+    Copyright 2016-2019 Broadcom
 
 BNXT Poll Mode Driver
 =====================
 
-The bnxt poll mode library (**librte_pmd_bnxt**) implements support for:
+The BNXT PMD (**librte_pmd_bnxt**) implements support for adapters based on
+Ethernet controllers and SoCs belonging to the **Broadcom BCM5730X NetXtreme-C®
+Family of Ethernet Network Controllers**, the **Broadcom BCM574XX/BCM575XX
+NetXtreme-E® Family of Ethernet Network Controllers**, the **Broadcom BCM588XX
+Stingray Family of SmartNIC Adapters**, and the **Broadcom StrataGX® BCM5871X
+Series of Communications Processors**.  A complete list with links to reference
+material is included below.
 
-  * **Broadcom NetXtreme-C®/NetXtreme-E®/NetXtreme-S®
-    BCM5730X / BCM574XX / BCM58000 / BCM575XX family of Ethernet Network Controllers**
 
-    Adapters based on this family of controllers support standards-compliant Ethernet
-    operation with link speeds of 10/25/50/100/200Gbps.
+BNXT PMD Features
+-----------------
 
-    Information about the NetXtreme family of adapters can be found in the
-    `NetXtreme® Brand section
-    <https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/controllers/>`_
+The BNXT PMD includes support for the following features:
+
+   * Multiple transmit and receive queues
+   * Queue start/stop
+   * RSS hash
+   * RSS key configuration
+   * RSS reta configuration
+   * VMDq
+   * Packet type parsing
+   * Configurable RX CRC stripping
+   * L3/L4 checksum offload
+   * LRO offload
+   * TSO offload
+   * VLAN offload
+   * SR-IOV VF
+   * Basic and extended port statistics
+   * Link state reporting
+   * Flow control
+   * Ethertype filtering
+   * N-tuple filtering
+   * Promiscuous mode
+   * Unicast and multicast MAC filtering
+   * Scatter/gather transmit and receive
+   * Jumbo frames
+   * Vector PMD
+
+BNXT Vector PMD
+---------------
+
+The BNXT PMD includes support for SSE vector mode on x86 platforms. Vector
+provides significantly improved performance over the base implementation,
+however it does not support all of the features that are supported by the
+base (non-vector) implementation. Vector mode will be selected and enabled
+automatically when the port is started if allowed by the current configuration.
+
+RX Requirements for Vector Mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Vector mode receive will be enabled if the following constrainsts are met:
+   * Packets must fit within a single mbuf (no scatter RX).
+   * LRO offload must be disabled.
+
+TX Requirements for Vector Mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Vector mode transmit will be enabled if the following constrainsts are met:
+   * Packets must be contained within a single mbuf (no gather TX).
+   * All transmit offloads other than VLAN insertion must be disabled.
+
+BNXT PMD Supported Chipsets and Adapters
+----------------------------------------
+
+Chipsets and adapters supported by the bnxt PMD include:
+
+  * **Broadcom BCM5730X NetXtreme-C® Family of Ethernet Network Controllers**
+
+       * M150c - Single-port 40/50 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P150c - Single-port 40/50 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P225c - Dual-port 10/25 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+
+  * **Broadcom BCM574XX/BCM575XX NetXtreme-E® Family of Ethernet Network Controllers**
+
+       * M125P - Single-port OCP 2.0 10/25 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * M150P - Single-port OCP 2.0 50 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * M150PM - Single-port OCP 2.0 Multi-Host 50 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * M210P - Dual-port OCP 2.0 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * M210TP - Dual-port OCP 2.0 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * M11000G - Single-port OCP 2.0 10/25/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N150G - Single-port OCP 3.0 50 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * M225P - Dual-port OCP 2.0 10/25 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N210P - Dual-port OCP 3.0 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N210TP - Dual-port OCP 3.0 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N225P - Dual-port OCP 3.0 10/25 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N250G - Dual-port OCP 3.0 50 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N410SG - Quad-port OCP 3.0 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N410SGBT - Quad-port OCP 3.0 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N425G - Quad-port OCP 3.0 10/25 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N1100G - Single-port OCP 3.0 10/25/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N2100G - Dual-port OCP 3.0 10/25/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * N2200G - Dual-port OCP 3.0 10/25/50/100/200 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P150P - Single-port 50 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P210P - Dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P210TP - Dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P225P - Dual-port 10/25 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P410SG - Quad-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P410SGBT - Quad-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P425G - Quad-port 10/25 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P1100G - Single-port 10/25/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P2100G - Dual-port 10/25/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+       * P2200G - Dual-port 10/25/50/100/200 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
+
+    Information about Ethernet adapters in the NetXtreme family of
+    adapters can be found in the `NetXtreme® Brand section
+    <https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/network-adapters/>`_
+    of the `Broadcom website <http://www.broadcom.com/>`_.
+
+  * **Broadcom BCM588XX Stingray Family of SmartNIC Adapters**
+
+       * PS410T - Quad-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet SmartNIC
+       * PS225 - Dual-port 25 Gigabit Ethernet SmartNIC
+       * PS250 - Dual-Port 50 Gigabit Ethernet SmartNIC
+
+    Information about the Stingray family of SmartNIC adapters can be found in the
+    `Stingray® Brand section
+    <https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/smartnic/>`_
     of the `Broadcom website <http://www.broadcom.com/>`_.
 
   * **Broadcom StrataGX® BCM5871X Series of Communucations Processors**
@@ -25,14 +131,8 @@ The bnxt poll mode library (**librte_pmd_bnxt**) implements support for:
     attached storage (NAS).
 
     Information about the StrataGX family of adapters can be found in the
-    `StrataGX® BCM5871X Series section
-    <http://www.broadcom.com/products/enterprise-and-network-processors/processors/bcm58712>`_
-    of the `Broadcom website <http://www.broadcom.com/>`_.
-
-Limitations
------------
-
-With the current driver, allocated mbufs must be large enough to hold
-the entire received frame.  If the mbufs are not large enough, the
-packets will be dropped.  This is most limiting when jumbo frames are
-used.
+    `StrataGX® BCM58712
+    <http://www.broadcom.com/products/embedded-and-networking-processors/communications/bcm58712>`_
+    and `StrataGX® BCM58713
+    <http://www.broadcom.com/products/embedded-and-networking-processors/communications/bcm58713>`_
+    sections of the `Broadcom website <http://www.broadcom.com/>`_.
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