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| author | Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com> | 2023-10-30 10:28:26 +0800 |
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| committer | Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com> | 2023-10-31 12:59:48 +0100 |
| commit | 3dce73a2fd905b3fe8da1536c1660e8261a1c69d (patch) | |
| tree | 3c3ed68d9149d4b18abe1c2dea174bf9defff950 /doc | |
| parent | 5e26c99fd074692cb2a0b8aad8db6b70fc13d238 (diff) | |
net/mlx5: support port representor flow action
The packets handled by port representor action will be steered to
E-Switch manager and received by software.
This commit adds port representor action.
Signed-off-by: Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst | 1 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini index b5df34d0f1..0ed9a6aefc 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ of_push_vlan = Y of_set_vlan_pcp = Y of_set_vlan_vid = Y port_id = Y +port_representor = Y quota = I queue = Y raw_decap = Y diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 72130e15df..5d64ad8810 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -730,6 +730,13 @@ Limitations - The NIC egress flow rules on representor port are not supported. +- A driver limitation for ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT_REPRESENTOR`` action + restricts the ``port_id`` configuration to only accept the value ``0xffff``, + indicating the E-Switch manager. + If the ``repr_matching_en`` flag is enabled, the traffic will be directed + to the representor of the source virtual port (SF/VF), while if it is disabled, + the traffic will be routed based on the steering rules in the ingress domain. + - Send to kernel action (``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SEND_TO_KERNEL``): - Supported on non-root table. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst index 7757207243..26a63e773a 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ New Features * Added support for Network Service Header (NSH) flow matching. * Added support for ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_PTYPE`` flow item. + * Added support for ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT_REPRESENTOR`` flow action. * Added support for ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INDIRECT_LIST`` flow action. * **Updated Solarflare net driver.** |