This patch adds limitation notice for MLX5 PMD. IPv6 multicast messages are not received on VM when promiscuous and allmulticast modes are off, due to netlink restriction.
Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dek...@mellanox.com> --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 6ab7d8e..3610e00 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ Limitations enabled (``rxq_cqe_comp_en``) at the same time, RSS hash result is not fully supported. Some Rx packets may not have PKT_RX_RSS_HASH. +- IPv6 Multicast messages are not supported on VM, while promiscuous mode + and allmulticast mode are both set to off. + To receive IPv6 Multicast messages on VM, explicitly set the relevant + MAC address using rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add() API. + Statistics ---------- -- 1.8.3.1
