Updates the documentation for push/pop VLAN support. In E-Switch
mode, push VLAN on ingress traffic and pop VLAN in egress traffic
are both support.
Signed-off-by: Dong Zhou <dongz...@nvidia.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 12 ++++++++++--
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 8703435..2f6b875 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ Limitations
- Flow rules having a VLAN pop offload command as one of their actions and
are lacking a match on VLAN as one of their items are not supported.
- - The command is not supported on egress traffic.
+ - The command is not supported on egress traffic in NIC mode.
-- VLAN push offload is not supported on ingress traffic.
+- VLAN push offload is not supported on ingress traffic in NIC mode.
- VLAN set PCP offload is not supported on existing headers.
@@ -1566,6 +1566,14 @@ Supported hardware offloads
| | of_set_vlan_pcp / | | | | |
| | of_set_vlan_vid) | | | | |
+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
+ | | VLAN | | DPDK 21.05 | | |
+ | | ingress and / | | OFED 5.3 | | N/A |
+ | | of_push_vlan / | | ConnectX-6 Dx | | |
+ +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
+ | | VLAN | | DPDK 21.05 | | |
+ | | egress and / | | OFED 5.3 | | N/A |
+ | | of_pop_vlan / | | ConnectX-6 Dx | | |
+ +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Encapsulation | | DPDK 19.05 | | DPDK 19.02 |
| (VXLAN / NVGRE / RAW) | | OFED 4.7-1 | | OFED 4.6 |
| | | rdma-core 24 | | rdma-core 23 |
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
index 873140b..5c4159e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ New Features
* Added support for preferred busy polling.
+* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
+
+ Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements,
including:
+
+ * Support push VLAN on ingress traffic and pop VLAN on egress traffic in
E-Switch mode.
+
* **Updated testpmd.**
* Added a command line option to configure forced speed for Ethernet port.
--
1.8.3.1
