From patchwork Mon Nov 12 06:04:51 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Shahaf Shuler X-Patchwork-Id: 47993 X-Patchwork-Delegate: shahafs@mellanox.com Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C5392BF2; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:05:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from mellanox.co.il (mail-il-dmz.mellanox.com [193.47.165.129]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54C429AC for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:05:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from Internal Mail-Server by MTLPINE1 (envelope-from shahafs@mellanox.com) with ESMTPS (AES256-SHA encrypted); 12 Nov 2018 08:10:26 +0200 Received: from unicorn01.mtl.labs.mlnx. (unicorn01.mtl.labs.mlnx [10.7.12.62]) by labmailer.mlnx (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id wAC64sBm009242; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:04:54 +0200 From: Shahaf Shuler To: yskoh@mellanox.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:04:51 +0200 Message-Id: <20181112060451.94982-1-shahafs@mellanox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.12.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document Direct Verbs flow engine limitation X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Would be good to add also a code which disable the dv_flow_en the user requested. However such support will need to use new netlink command to query the switchdev mode from the underlying kernel. Considering the current 18.11 release is close to RC3, only a documentation is added. Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 7af5ead813..6ab7d8ec43 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ Run-time configuration A nonzero value enables the DV flow steering assuming it is supported by the driver. + The DV flow steering is not supported on switchdev mode. Disabled by default.