added GTP extension header support to mlx5 PMD.
The limitations and support were updated in
documentation.
Signed-off-by: Shiri Kuzin <shi...@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viachesl...@nvidia.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 10 ++++++++++
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 3bda0f8417..b025eb7bc9 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 GTP extension header with raw encap/decap action.
Limitations
-----------
@@ -186,6 +187,10 @@ Limitations
- msg_type
- teid
+- Match on GTP extension header only for GTP PDU session container (next
+ extension header type = 0x85).
+- Match on GTP extension header is not supported in group 0.
+
- No Tx metadata go to the E-Switch steering domain for the Flow group 0.
The flows within group 0 and set metadata action are rejected by hardware.
@@ -1501,6 +1506,11 @@ Supported hardware offloads
| | | rdma-core 32 | | rdma-core 32 |
| | | ConnectX-6 Dx| | ConnectX-6 Dx |
+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
+ | Encapsulation | | DPDK 21.02 | | DPDK 21.02 |
+ | GTP PSC | | OFED 5.2 | | OFED 5.2 |
+ | | | rdma-core 35 | | rdma-core 35 |
+ | | | ConnectX-6 Dx| | ConnectX-6 Dx |
+ +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
Notes for metadata
------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
index 638f98168b..61961aab2b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ 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 GTP PDU session container matching and raw encap/decap.
Removed Items
-------------
--
2.21.0
