regexdev: introduce API

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / nics / enic.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst b/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst
index 5e80398..a28a7f4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ How to obtain ENIC PMD integrated DPDK
 --------------------------------------
 
 ENIC PMD support is integrated into the DPDK suite. dpdk-<version>.tar.gz
-should be downloaded from http://core.dpdk.org/download/
+should be downloaded from https://core.dpdk.org/download/
 
 
 Configuration information
@@ -248,6 +248,15 @@ selected via CIMC or UCSM followed by a reboot of the server.
   - Selectors: 'is', 'spec' and 'mask'. 'last' is not supported
   - In total, up to 64 bytes of mask is allowed across all headers
 
+- **1400 and later series VICs with Flow Manager API enabled**
+
+  - Attributes: ingress, egress
+  - Items: eth, vlan, ipv4, ipv6, sctp, udp, tcp, vxlan, raw, inner eth, vlan, ipv4, ipv6, sctp, udp, tcp
+  - Ingress Actions: count, drop, flag, jump, mark, port_id, passthru, queue, rss, vxlan_decap, vxlan_encap, and void
+  - Egress Actions: count, drop, jump, passthru, vxlan_encap, and void
+  - Selectors: 'is', 'spec' and 'mask'. 'last' is not supported
+  - In total, up to 64 bytes of mask is allowed across all headers
+
 The VIC performs packet matching after applying VLAN strip. If VLAN
 stripping is enabled, EtherType in the ETH item corresponds to the
 stripped VLAN header's EtherType. Stripping does not affect the VLAN
@@ -310,6 +319,18 @@ it through ``rte_eth_dev_udp_tunnel_port_{add,delete}``. However, as
 the current NIC has a single VXLAN port number, the user cannot
 configure multiple port numbers.
 
+Geneve headers with non-zero options are not supported by default. To
+use Geneve with options, update the VIC firmware to the latest version
+and then set ``devargs`` parameter ``geneve-opt=1``. When Geneve with
+options is enabled, flow API cannot be used as the features are
+currently mutually exclusive. When this feature is successfully
+enabled, PMD prints the following message.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    Geneve with options is enabled
+
+
 Ingress VLAN Rewrite
 --------------------
 
@@ -438,6 +459,10 @@ PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED mbuf flags would not be set. This mode is enabled with the
     packets and then receive them normally. These require 1400 series VIC adapters
     and latest firmware.
   - RAW items are limited to matching UDP tunnel headers like VXLAN.
+  - For 1400 VICs, all flows using the RSS action on a port use same hash
+    configuration. The RETA is ignored. The queues used in the RSS group must be
+    sequential. There is a performance hit if the number of queues is not a power of 2.
+    Only level 0 (outer header) RSS is allowed.
 
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