Update ICE document to describe a MDD event. Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo...@intel.com> --- doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst index 15c2766..666b1b2 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst @@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ are chosen based on 2 conditions. If any not supported features are used, ICE vector PMD is disabled and the normal paths are chosen. +Malicious driver detection (MDD) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +It's not appropriate to send a packet, if this packet's destination MAC address +is just this port's MAC address. If SW tries to send such packets, HW will +report a MDD event and drop the packets. + +The APPs based on DPDK should avoid providing such packets. + Sample Application Notes ------------------------ -- 1.9.3
