[dpdk-dev,v3] doc: update mlx5 flow count limitations

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Ori Kam Oct. 16, 2017, 2:11 p.m. UTC
  Signed-off-by: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>

---

v3:
* Remove unnecessary line.

 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  

Comments

Nélio Laranjeiro Oct. 16, 2017, 3:19 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 05:11:26PM +0300, Ori Kam wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> v3:
> * Remove unnecessary line.
> 
>  doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> index d24941a..7ef9b0d 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> @@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ Limitations
>  -----------
>  
>  - Inner RSS for VXLAN frames is not supported yet.
> -- Port statistics through software counters only.
> +- Port statistics through software counters only. Flow statistics are
> +  supported by hardware counters.
>  - Hardware checksum RX offloads for VXLAN inner header are not supported yet.
>  - Forked secondary process not supported.
>  - Flow pattern without any specific vlan will match for vlan packets as well:
> @@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ Limitations
>  - A multi segment packet must have less than 6 segments in case the Tx burst function
>    is set to multi-packet send or Enhanced multi-packet send. Otherwise it must have
>    less than 50 segments.
> +- Count action for RTE flow is only supported in OFED 4.2.

OFED or Mellanox OFED?

Thanks,
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index d24941a..7ef9b0d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@  Limitations
 -----------
 
 - Inner RSS for VXLAN frames is not supported yet.
-- Port statistics through software counters only.
+- Port statistics through software counters only. Flow statistics are
+  supported by hardware counters.
 - Hardware checksum RX offloads for VXLAN inner header are not supported yet.
 - Forked secondary process not supported.
 - Flow pattern without any specific vlan will match for vlan packets as well:
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@  Limitations
 - A multi segment packet must have less than 6 segments in case the Tx burst function
   is set to multi-packet send or Enhanced multi-packet send. Otherwise it must have
   less than 50 segments.
+- Count action for RTE flow is only supported in OFED 4.2.
 
 Configuration
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