doc: update metadata feature description for mlx5
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Legacy Verbs supports MARK and FLAG metadata actions only.
Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
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doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
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Hi,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 1:21 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> <rasland@mellanox.com>; Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: update metadata feature description for mlx5
>
> Legacy Verbs supports MARK and FLAG metadata actions only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> index 9351de6..6598e2f 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> @@ -666,6 +666,10 @@ Run-time configuration
>
> Disabled by default (set to 0).
>
> + The Direct Verbs/Rules (engaged with ``dv_flow_en`` = 1) supports all
> + of the extensive metadata features. The legacy Verbs supports FLAG and
> + MARK metadata actions over NIC Rx steering domain only.
> +
> - ``dv_flow_en`` parameter [int]
>
> A nonzero value enables the DV flow steering assuming it is supported
> --
> 1.8.3.1
Patch applied to next-net-mlx,
Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh
@@ -666,6 +666,10 @@ Run-time configuration
Disabled by default (set to 0).
+ The Direct Verbs/Rules (engaged with ``dv_flow_en`` = 1) supports all
+ of the extensive metadata features. The legacy Verbs supports FLAG and
+ MARK metadata actions over NIC Rx steering domain only.
+
- ``dv_flow_en`` parameter [int]
A nonzero value enables the DV flow steering assuming it is supported