doc: update mlx5 firmware configuration guidelines

Message ID 8a85deaa18a873708781ef212697abd07a10f9c3.1585045420.git.dekelp@mellanox.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Raslan Darawsheh
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Series doc: update mlx5 firmware configuration guidelines |

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Dekel Peled March 24, 2020, 11:31 a.m. UTC
  This patch updates the MLX5 PMD documentations, adding Flex parser
settings and correcting minimal versions numbers.

Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp@mellanox.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Matan Azrad March 24, 2020, 3:59 p.m. UTC | #1
From: Dekel Peled
> This patch updates the MLX5 PMD documentations, adding Flex parser
> settings and correcting minimal versions numbers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>

> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 14 +++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index
> afd11cd..e8f9984 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> @@ -822,6 +822,12 @@ Below are some firmware configurations listed.
>      IP_OVER_VXLAN_EN=1
>      IP_OVER_VXLAN_PORT=<udp dport>
> 
> +- enable VXLAN-GPE tunnel flow matching::
> +
> +    FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
> +    or
> +    FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=2
> +
>  - enable IP-in-IP tunnel flow matching::
> 
>      FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
> @@ -837,6 +843,8 @@ Below are some firmware configurations listed.
>  - enable Geneve flow matching::
> 
>     FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
> +   or
> +   FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=1
> 
>  - enable GTP flow matching::
> 
> @@ -933,15 +941,15 @@ thanks to these environment variables:
>  Mellanox OFED/EN
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> -- Mellanox OFED version: ** 4.5, 4.6** /
> -  Mellanox EN version: **4.5, 4.6**
> +- Mellanox OFED version: **4.5** and above /
> +  Mellanox EN version: **4.5** and above
>  - firmware version:
> 
>    - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above.
>    - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.21.1000** and above.
>    - ConnectX-5: **16.21.1000** and above.
>    - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.21.1000** and above.
> -  - ConnectX-6: **20.99.5374** and above.
> +  - ConnectX-6: **20.27.0090** and above.
>    - ConnectX-6 Dx: **22.27.0090** and above.
>    - BlueField: **18.25.1010** and above.
> 
> --
> 1.8.3.1
  
Raslan Darawsheh March 25, 2020, 2:24 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Dekel Peled
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 1:31 PM
> To: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>; Shahaf Shuler
> <shahafs@mellanox.com>; Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>;
> john.mcnamara@intel.com; marko.kovacevic@intel.com
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update mlx5 firmware configuration
> guidelines
> 
> This patch updates the MLX5 PMD documentations, adding Flex parser
> settings and correcting minimal versions numbers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 14 +++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> index afd11cd..e8f9984 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> @@ -822,6 +822,12 @@ Below are some firmware configurations listed.
>      IP_OVER_VXLAN_EN=1
>      IP_OVER_VXLAN_PORT=<udp dport>
> 
> +- enable VXLAN-GPE tunnel flow matching::
> +
> +    FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
> +    or
> +    FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=2
> +
>  - enable IP-in-IP tunnel flow matching::
> 
>      FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
> @@ -837,6 +843,8 @@ Below are some firmware configurations listed.
>  - enable Geneve flow matching::
> 
>     FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
> +   or
> +   FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=1
> 
>  - enable GTP flow matching::
> 
> @@ -933,15 +941,15 @@ thanks to these environment variables:
>  Mellanox OFED/EN
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> -- Mellanox OFED version: ** 4.5, 4.6** /
> -  Mellanox EN version: **4.5, 4.6**
> +- Mellanox OFED version: **4.5** and above /
> +  Mellanox EN version: **4.5** and above
>  - firmware version:
> 
>    - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above.
>    - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.21.1000** and above.
>    - ConnectX-5: **16.21.1000** and above.
>    - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.21.1000** and above.
> -  - ConnectX-6: **20.99.5374** and above.
> +  - ConnectX-6: **20.27.0090** and above.
>    - ConnectX-6 Dx: **22.27.0090** and above.
>    - BlueField: **18.25.1010** and above.
> 
> --
> 1.8.3.1

Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index afd11cd..e8f9984 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -822,6 +822,12 @@  Below are some firmware configurations listed.
     IP_OVER_VXLAN_EN=1
     IP_OVER_VXLAN_PORT=<udp dport>
 
+- enable VXLAN-GPE tunnel flow matching::
+
+    FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
+    or
+    FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=2
+
 - enable IP-in-IP tunnel flow matching::
 
     FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
@@ -837,6 +843,8 @@  Below are some firmware configurations listed.
 - enable Geneve flow matching::
 
    FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=0
+   or
+   FLEX_PARSER_PROFILE_ENABLE=1
 
 - enable GTP flow matching::
 
@@ -933,15 +941,15 @@  thanks to these environment variables:
 Mellanox OFED/EN
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-- Mellanox OFED version: ** 4.5, 4.6** /
-  Mellanox EN version: **4.5, 4.6**
+- Mellanox OFED version: **4.5** and above /
+  Mellanox EN version: **4.5** and above
 - firmware version:
 
   - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above.
   - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.21.1000** and above.
   - ConnectX-5: **16.21.1000** and above.
   - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.21.1000** and above.
-  - ConnectX-6: **20.99.5374** and above.
+  - ConnectX-6: **20.27.0090** and above.
   - ConnectX-6 Dx: **22.27.0090** and above.
   - BlueField: **18.25.1010** and above.