[v2] doc: fix modify field action description for mlx5
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This patch adds mlx5 specifics description about
handling the Ethernet type by modify field action
for VLAN-ed traffic.
Fixes: 641dbe4fb053 ("net/mlx5: support modify field flow action")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
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doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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Hi,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 6:02 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: ferruh.yigit@intel.com; Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>;
> Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>; Matan Azrad
> <matan@nvidia.com>; stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: fix modify field action description for mlx5
>
> This patch adds mlx5 specifics description about handling the Ethernet type
> by modify field action for VLAN-ed traffic.
>
> Fixes: 641dbe4fb053 ("net/mlx5: support modify field flow action")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
Patch applied to next-net-mlx,
Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh
@@ -407,6 +407,11 @@ Limitations
- Modification of the 802.1Q Tag, VXLAN Network or GENEVE Network ID's is not supported.
- Encapsulation levels are not supported, can modify outermost header fields only.
- Offsets must be 32-bits aligned, cannot skip past the boundary of a field.
+ - if the field type is RTE_FLOW_FIELD_MAC_TYPE and packet contains one
+ or more VLAN headers, the meaningful type field following the last
+ VLAN header is used as modify field operation argument. The modify field
+ action is not intended to modify VLAN headers type field, dedicated VLAN
+ push and pop actions should be used instead.
- IPv6 header item 'proto' field, indicating the next header protocol, should
not be set as extension header.