[v2,8/8] doc: update GENEVE TLV option support
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GENEVE TLV option support added to mlx5 PMD.
The limitations and support were updated in
documentation.
Signed-off-by: Shiri Kuzin <shirik@nvidia.com>
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doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shiri Kuzin <shirik@nvidia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 19:54
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>; NBU-Contact-Adrien Mazarguil
> <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>; Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>;
> ferruh.yigit@intel.com; NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas@monjalon.net>; Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2 8/8] doc: update GENEVE TLV option support
>
> GENEVE TLV option support added to mlx5 PMD.
>
> The limitations and support were updated in documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shiri Kuzin <shirik@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Features
- Hardware LRO.
- Hairpin.
- Multiple-thread flow insertion.
+- Matching on Geneve TLV option header with raw encap/decap action.
Limitations
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@@ -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
@@ -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
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