Document validation limitations for encap/decap.
Signed-off-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>
- can be applied to VF ports only.
- must specify PF port action (packet redirection from VF to PF).
- can be applied to VF ports only.
- must specify PF port action (packet redirection from VF to PF).
+- Raw encapsulation:
+
+ - The input buffer, used as outer header, is not validated.
+
+- Raw decapsulation:
+
+ - The decapsulation is always done up to the outermost tunnel detected by the HW.
+ - The input buffer, providing the removal size, is not validated.
+ - The buffer size must match the length of the headers to be removed.
+
- ICMP/ICMP6 code/type matching, IP-in-IP and MPLS flow matching are all
mutually exclusive features which cannot be supported together
(see :ref:`mlx5_firmware_config`).
- ICMP/ICMP6 code/type matching, IP-in-IP and MPLS flow matching are all
mutually exclusive features which cannot be supported together
(see :ref:`mlx5_firmware_config`).