From: Shiri Kuzin <shirik@nvidia.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: viacheslavo@nvidia.com, adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com,
orika@nvidia.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, thomas@monjalon.net,
rasland@nvidia.com
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/8] doc: update GENEVE TLV option support
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 19:53:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210105175358.16712-9-shirik@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210105175358.16712-1-shirik@nvidia.com>
GENEVE TLV option support added to mlx5 PMD.
The limitations and support were updated in
documentation.
Signed-off-by: Shiri Kuzin <shirik@nvidia.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 3bda0f8417..9700fe5057 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Features
- Hardware LRO.
- Hairpin.
- Multiple-thread flow insertion.
+- Matching on Geneve TLV option header with raw encap/decap action.
Limitations
-----------
@@ -175,7 +176,18 @@ Limitations
- OAM
- protocol type
- options length
- Currently, the only supported options length value is 0.
+
+- Match on Geneve TLv option is supported on the following fields:
+ - Class
+ - Type
+ - Length
+ - Data
+
+ Only one Class/Type/Length Geneve TLV option is supported per shared device.
+ Class/Type/Length fields must be specified as well as masks.
+ Class/Type/Length specified masks must be full.
+ Matching Geneve TLV option without specifying data is not supported.
+ Matching Geneve TLV option with data & mask == 0 is not supported.
- VF: flow rules created on VF devices can only match traffic targeted at the
configured MAC addresses (see ``rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add()``).
@@ -1022,6 +1034,10 @@ Below are some firmware configurations listed.
or
FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=1
+- enable Geneve TLV option flow matching::
+
+ FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
+
- enable GTP flow matching::
FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=3
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
index 638f98168b..2fb5bf9c38 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ New Features
Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
=======================================================
+* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
+
+ Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+ * **Added GENEVE TLV option in rte_flow.**
+
+ Added support for matching GENEVE TLV option and raw encap/decap of GENEVE
+ TLV option.
Removed Items
-------------
--
2.21.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-05 17:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-27 16:06 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] ethdev: introduce GENEVE header TLV option item Shiri Kuzin
2020-12-27 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/8] lib/librte_ethdev: " Shiri Kuzin
2020-12-27 17:25 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-12-29 10:12 ` Ori Kam
2020-12-30 8:22 ` Shiri Kuzin
2020-12-27 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/8] app/testpmd: add GENEVE option item support Shiri Kuzin
2020-12-27 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/8] common/mlx5: check GENEVE TLV support in HCA attributes Shiri Kuzin
2020-12-27 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/8] common/mlx5: create GENEVE TLV option object with DevX Shiri Kuzin
2020-12-27 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/8] net/mlx5: create GENEVE TLV option management Shiri Kuzin
2020-12-27 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/8] net/mlx5: add GENEVE TLV option flow validation Shiri Kuzin
2020-12-27 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/8] net/mlx5: add GENEVE TLV option flow translation Shiri Kuzin
2020-12-27 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/8] doc: update GENEVE TLV option support Shiri Kuzin
2021-01-05 17:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/8] ethdev: introduce GENEVE header TLV option item Shiri Kuzin
2021-01-05 17:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/8] lib/librte_ethdev: " Shiri Kuzin
2021-01-05 17:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/8] app/testpmd: add GENEVE option item support Shiri Kuzin
2021-01-05 17:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/8] common/mlx5: check GENEVE TLV support in HCA attributes Shiri Kuzin
2021-01-06 9:23 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-01-05 17:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/8] common/mlx5: create GENEVE TLV option object with DevX Shiri Kuzin
2021-01-06 9:24 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-01-05 17:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/8] net/mlx5: create GENEVE TLV option management Shiri Kuzin
2021-01-06 9:24 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-01-05 17:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/8] net/mlx5: add GENEVE TLV option flow validation Shiri Kuzin
2021-01-06 9:24 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-01-05 17:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/8] net/mlx5: add GENEVE TLV option flow translation Shiri Kuzin
2021-01-06 9:25 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2021-01-05 17:53 ` Shiri Kuzin [this message]
2021-01-06 9:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/8] doc: update GENEVE TLV option support Slava Ovsiienko
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