Update release note to declare MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE/ GTP-U/GTP-C/PPPoE/PPPoL2TP steering support in i40e driver. Update i40e.rst to declare DDP support and input set configuration.
Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.x...@intel.com> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com> --- v3 changes: - Rebase on the latest sub tree of dpdk-next-net-intel. v2 changes: - Add DDP support and input set configuration in i40e.rst. doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 78 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst index c4c10d3..50d5e36 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Features of the I40E PMD are: - Hot plug - IEEE1588/802.1AS timestamping - VF Daemon (VFD) - EXPERIMENTAL +- Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) Prerequisites @@ -382,6 +383,52 @@ configuration passed on the EAL command line. The floating VEB functionality requires a NIC firmware version of 5.0 or greater. +Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The Intel® Ethernet Controller X*710 support a feature called "Dynamic Device +Personalization (DDP)", which is used to configure hardware by downloading +a profile to support protocols/filters which are not supported by default. +The DDP functionality requires a NIC firmware version of 6.0 or greater. + +Current implementation supports MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE/GTP-C/GTP-U/PPPoE/PPPoL2TP, +steering can be used with rte_flow API. + +Load a profile which supports MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> ddp add 0 ./mpls.pkgo + +Delete a MPLS profile: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> ddp del 0 ./mpls.pkgo + +Get loaded DDP package info list: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> ddp get list 0 + +Display information about a MPLS profile: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> ddp get info ./mpls.pkgo + +Input set configuration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Input set for any PCTYPE can be configured with user defined configuration, +For example, to use only 48bit prefix for IPv6 src address for IPv6 TCP RSS: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> port config 0 pctype 43 hash_inset clear all + testpmd> port config 0 pctype 43 hash_inset set field 13 + testpmd> port config 0 pctype 43 hash_inset set field 14 + testpmd> port config 0 pctype 43 hash_inset set field 15 Limitations or Known issues --------------------------- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst index 2e0e796..1440828 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst @@ -77,6 +77,37 @@ New Features 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16. If no such parameter is configured, the number of queues per VF is 4 by default. +* **Updated i40e driver to support MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE.** + + Updated i40e PMD to support MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE with MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE + supporting profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device + personalization (DDP) process: + + * Support cloud filer of MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE flow based on MPLS label. + + This feature was implemented in release_17_05. + +* **Updated i40e driver to support GTP-C/GTP-U.** + + Updated i40e PMD to support GTP-C/GTP-U with GTP-C/GTP-U supporting + profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device personalization (DDP) + process: + + * Support RSS of GTP-C/GTP-U flow. + * Support flow director of GTP-C/GTP-U flow based on TEID. + * Support cloud filer of GTP-C/GTP-U flow based on TEID. + + This feature was implemented in release_17_11, and only GTPv1 is supported. + +* **Updated i40e driver to support PPPoE/PPPoL2TP.** + + Updated i40e PMD to support PPPoE/PPPoL2TP with PPPoE/PPPoL2TP supporting + profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device personalization (DDP) + process: + + * Support RSS of PPPoE/PPPoL2TP flow based on user defined input set. + * Support FDIR of PPPoE/PPPoL2TP flow based on user defined input set. + API Changes ----------- -- 2.5.5
