GENEVE TLV option support added to mlx5 PMD.
The limitations and support were updated in
documentation.
Signed-off-by: Shiri Kuzin <shi...@nvidia.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 3bda0f8417..9700fe5057 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Features
- Hardware LRO.
- Hairpin.
- Multiple-thread flow insertion.
+- Matching on Geneve TLV option header with raw encap/decap action.
Limitations
-----------
@@ -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
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
index 638f98168b..2fb5bf9c38 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
@@ -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
-------------
--
2.21.0
