[v1,5/5] doc/mlx5: add IPv6 routing extension matching docs

Message ID 20230202101128.2446928-6-rongweil@nvidia.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Raslan Darawsheh
Headers
Series add IPv6 routing extension implementation |

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Commit Message

Rongwei Liu Feb. 2, 2023, 10:11 a.m. UTC
  Update mlx5 related document on IPv6 routing extension header
matching.

Signed-off-by: Rongwei Liu <rongweil@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini | 1 +
 doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini    | 1 +
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst             | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
index 510cc6679d..3d0744a243 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@  udp                  =
 vlan                 =
 vxlan                =
 vxlan_gpe            =
+ipv6_routing_ext     =
 
 [rte_flow actions]
 age                  =
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini
index 62fd330e2b..bd911a467b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@  vlan                 = Y
 vxlan                = Y
 vxlan_gpe            = Y
 represented_port     = Y
+ipv6_routing_ext     = Y
 
 [rte_flow actions]
 age                  = I
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index f137f156f9..966f1bd83f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@  Features
 - Sub-Function representors.
 - Sub-Function.
 - Matching on represented port.
+- Matching on IPv6 routing extension header.
 
 
 Limitations
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@  Limitations
 
     - ``-EAGAIN`` for ``rte_eth_dev_start()``.
     - ``-EBUSY`` for ``rte_eth_dev_stop()``.
+  - Matching on ICMP6 following IPv6 routing extension header, should match ipv6_routing_ext_next_hdr instead of ICMP6.
 
 - When using Verbs flow engine (``dv_flow_en`` = 0), flow pattern without any
   specific VLAN will match for VLAN packets as well: