From 771e5af07320f2ba94afa59b763fad098e6e537a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Viacheslav Ovsiienko Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:20:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update metadata feature in mlx5 guide Legacy Verbs supports MARK and FLAG metadata actions only. Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 02de529484..2080766966 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -666,6 +666,10 @@ Run-time configuration Disabled by default (set to 0). + The Direct Verbs/Rules (engaged with ``dv_flow_en`` = 1) supports all + of the extensive metadata features. The legacy Verbs supports FLAG and + MARK metadata actions over NIC Rx steering domain only. + - ``dv_flow_en`` parameter [int] A nonzero value enables the DV flow steering assuming it is supported -- 2.20.1